Buss was the CFO of SolarCity, which Tesla acquired, and Ehrenpreis was friends with Musk at Stanford. As an employee, Buss is by definition not an independent

Buss was the CFO of SolarCity, which Tesla acquired, and Ehrenpreis was friends with Musk at Stanford. As an employee, Buss is by definition not an independent director, see NASDAQ SMR 5605(2)(B).