CEO Elon Musk returned to his day job on March 20 to hold an unexpected company all-hands. It was a subdued Musk leading the meeting, and at times, he seemed incredibly gracious to the staff of his electric vehicle company.

Elon Musk's recent after-hours all-hands at Tesla shows he can often ask more of workers than other CEOs. Yet there might also be limits.

Largely thanks to Musk’s political activities, the EV company continues to find itself in crisis. Here’s everything that’s going wrong.