His personal carbon footprint doesn't matter, because he is actively working on reducing the emissions on a quite large scale. Model 3 was supposed to be cheap

His personal carbon footprint doesn't matter, because he is actively working on reducing the emissions on a quite large scale. Model 3 was supposed to be cheaper, $35K, but they are concentrating on assembling the expensive versions first, which makes sense. They do need money to build more production lines. Unless a comparable competitor shows up, he will have customers for many years to come.