Tesla sales are suffering from the brand damage Musk has done:

https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Groups/Line/All-time-by-Q...

Swasticars don't sell well. Musk needs to leave the company to give Tesla a chance to recover.

From what I understand, if he did leave, the value of the stock would plummet, so it sounds like a Faustian bargain.

Tesla's board of directors certainly aren't firing Musk. They don't care. They got theirs:

https://archive.md/XtUhS

They used to, but Musk's hand signal and association with Trump had a serious impact on subsequent Norwegian sales.