Summary: People work on the assembly line at Tesla’s Factory in Fremont. Elon Musk wants to take the company private. Elon Musk has said says he wants to take Tesla private. The electric car company’s chief executive announced he was considering as much with an impulsive tweet Aug. 7, and expanded on his thinking in a letter to employees, a blog post and an interview. What is not clear is how, exactly, Musk would pull off such a deal.
