Tesla executive exits, CEO smokes pot on webcast, shares reel

Tesla executive exits, CEO smokes pot on webcast, shares reelShares of the electric carmaker tumbled as much as 10 percent on Friday, with investors on edge after a tumultuous August during which Musk proposed and then abruptly pulled the plug on a go-private deal. Chief Accounting Officer Dave Morton resigned because of discomfort with the attention on the company and pace of work during that time, Tesla said in a filing on Friday. Morton, whose departure comes after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission opened an inquiry into Musk’s aborted plan, joins a list of executives who have left Tesla recently.

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