Nah, with being a leader of AI in vehicles, if they are able to certify that their self driving cars are safe, they can sell their patented technology for all ev cars to use, making him even richer. That's what this bet is about, although other ev makers may be able to push out cheaper cars, Tesla's AI capability and R&D is head over heels further developed than any other ev maker. Dude is about to own the world unfortunately
That's why musk needed to get close to money obsessed Trump..to get him to kill the competition for him, especially from China.