ASSOCIATED PRESS Tesla short sellers received a sizable payday, hours after The New York Times published an eye-opening interview with an emotional Elon Musk, the electric-car company's chief executive. Investors betting against Tesla raked in about $1 billion on Friday. The Times' interview with Musk came out late Thursday night. In it, Musk lamented the many personal and professional challenges he has faced in the past year. Musk's admissions come after a tumultuous year at Tesla, but the CEO predicted that the pain isn't quite over yet. Tesla short sellers received a sizable payday hours after The New York Times published an eye-opening interview with an emotional Elon Musk, the electric-car company's chairman and CEO. This investors betting against Tesla raked in about $1 billion on Friday, The Times reported, citing data from the analytics firm S3 Partners.