Elon Musk presses for $1 trillion pay plan because he needs to influence Tesla's future 'robot army'

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk made an unusual plea at the end of the company's earnings call, urging shareholders to approve his new $1 trillion pay package and claiming, among other things, he wouldn't be comfortable building "a robot army" without control over it. During the Q&A portion of the call with investors following the company's Q3 miss, Musk was asked about the present challenges in bringing the Optimus robot to market. Musk mused that Tesla was uniquely qualified to do this because of its manufa ...