According to the Tesla Council, Tesla sought to Khalifa while the musk was wandering in Washington

According to raising the new eyebrow WSJ reportThe Tesla Council calmly began searching for the potential successor of Elon Musk for almost a month, as it approached the executive research companies when the auto maker faced protests, sales declining, and reducing profits while Musk was in Washington to reduce government spending.

According to what was reported, the members of the Board of Directors met to express his concerns about his divided attention, and they told him that he needed to spend more time in Tesla and publicly committing to do so; According to the magazine report, Musk did not go back and later told investors that he “will allocate more time to Tesla” starting in May.

Tesla Robin Dunholm Chair He said In a statement issued overnight that it is “completely false” that the company approached employment companies. It also claimed, “This was connected to the media before the report was published.” Musk shared the statement and argued that it was “a very bad breach of morals.” Since then Wsj Tesla said He did not answer the questions of the journalists.

The MUSK government has led to a decrease in the first annual Tesla sales in more than a decade; The company’s brand image was also distorted among some consumers due to political alignment. The impact was rapid and angry: The market value of Tesla fell from $ 1.5 trillion in December to about $ 900 billion currently.

Despite these challenges, Musk seemed optimistic about the future of Tesla during the profit call last week, as the company reported a 71 % decrease and a decrease of 9 % revenues. “We are not on the brink of coarse death,” Musk confirmed, “not soon.”

The current status of the Caliphate planning is still unclear, according to the magazine. He adds that it is unclear whether Musk, who was running Tesla for nearly 20 years, realizes this effort.

This story has been updated to include data from Tesla and WSJ.