Tesla CEO Elon Musk publicly clashed with one of his most prominent supporters this week, telling longtime Tesla bull Dan Ives to “shut up” after the analyst urged the company’s board to implement tighter controls on Musk’s leadership and political activity. The sharp exchange, which played out on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), came after Ives released a report warning that Tesla was at a “tipping point” due to growing investor concerns over Musk’s distractions from the company’s core mission. “Shut up, Dan,” Musk wrote in a blunt post that quickly went viral. Investor Tensions Mount Ives, a tech analyst at Wedbush Securities, has long championed Tesla’s growth, but recently sounded the alarm over Musk’s increasing political activity—including his...