The Tesla CEO pleads with employees (and, indirectly, to investors) to hang onto their stocks.

A year and a half after Elon Musk first unveiled a Tesla Cybertruck prototype in November 2019, he allowed for the possibility the pickup wouldn’t be a hit.

Elon Musk sought to reassure Tesla Inc. employees through what he referred to as “a little bit of stormy weather,” after the carmaker’s shares plunged more than 50% in just three months.

Tesla shares are down more than 37% for the year, and have lost more than half their value since hitting an all-time peak in late December as the stock rallied in the wake of Pres