Some senior Tesla executives were alarmed last year when Elon Musk denied a Reuters report that the company had killed a planned all-new $25,000 EV that investors had expected to drive explosive vehicle sales growth,

Tesla executives were reportedly surprised by Elon Musk's public denial of scrapping the $25,000 EV plan, a decision they knew about weeks prior. Musk

However, Musk's notoriety has been a double-edged sword, as he has become closely associated with DOGE's widespread cuts to federal spending, which has led to protests against the CEO and his companies. Both Musk and the White House have said that DOGE will continue in some form after his departure.

SpaceX flubbed yet another rocket launch—just the latest hitch in Musk’s designs to expand the human race and colonize space.

Elon Musk may be spending more time at Tesla—but there's plenty going on at his other businesses, too. The Financial Times earlier Monday reported that xAI, known in part for the AI chatbot Grok, seeks to raise $300 million at a company valuation of $113 billion in a deal that would let employees sell shares.