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Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package means each Tesla employee could get $7 million instead—is that fair?

The news cupboard is pretty bare. Bodhi opens by saying the schedule put him in an awkward spot: recording on Tuesday after a late Sunday show gives him only a thin slice of new material. Earnings calls make it trickier. He wants to talk Tesla, then GM, then Ford, but he does not want to overreact to articles before the calls add context. So the episode loosens up, which fits the title. EV news bumps into time pressure, platform habits, and the ordinary mess of having too much life happening at once. The sharpest bit is Tesla advertising. Bodhi says Tesla has spent years avoiding traditional ads for its cars, so reported ads for Elon's pay package feel strange. He is careful about it. He has read articles, has not watched the ads himself, and admits he may be touchy because he pays to avoid ads on streaming services. Still, the point bugs him. If company money is backing a trillion-dollar CEO pay package while the cars are not getting the same push, that feels backwards. He keeps leaving room for a correction. If Elon paid for the ads himself, Bodhi says he would probably take the objection back. Shareholder money is what changes the vibe. The complaint is less anti-Tesla than pro-accountability: if a company is going to promote something, why not start with the product? The episode ends where it started, with too much on the calendar. Earnings-call season is coming, Thanksgiving needs planning, the holidays are close, and CES is out there waiting. He sounds busy, amused, and a little worn down. A five-minute update becomes thirty-six minutes, which he dryly congratulates himself for pulling off.

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A loose, thoughtful EV update that turns a thin news cycle into plainspoken commentary.

Kilowatt settles into a familiar late-week rhythm: a news-heavy EV podcast trying to make sense of a thin cycle while earnings calls loom. Bodhi is at his best when he slows down and tests the logic of the story, especially on Tesla advertising and the contrast between promoting…

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