While I agree with some of what you said, I think it's simply more likely that Musk announced what had to happen for Tesla to not fail as a business.
That's certainly a possibility.
Heck, we can't even get Raspberry Pi USB3 right.
They key difference being that a Raspberry Pi that does almost everything right is useful for most folks whereas a Tesla that does almost everything right is a menace.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
