Tesla Council denies the launch of the Elon Musk successor

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Robin Dunholm, head of Tesla, denied a report that the Board of Directors is seeking to replace CEO Elon Musk in response to prior sales and a violent reaction on a wide scale against his alliance with US President Donald Trump.

“Earlier today, there was a media report wrongly that the Tesla Council had contacted employment companies to start the company’s CEO’s inspection,” Dunholm said in a post at the expense of the electric car maker on the social media platform X on Thursday morning.

“This is completely wrong … Tesla CEO is Elon Musk and the Council is very confident in its ability to continue implementing the upcoming exciting growth plan.”

Dunholm was responding to the Wall Street Journal report that the Board of Directors had contacted my vision to recruit behind him after he was concerned about the time he was spending in Washington.

Trump photographed musk in his administration center by making him head of the so -called government efficiency, as the polarized billionaire pledged to find 1tn of savings in the annual federal budget.

But the controversial role led to a violent reaction in Timing“The local market, with some consumers who avoid the brand, and its calamities who face the protests and its voices.

The increasing politicization of the Tesla brand in the United States comes after MUSK interference in European policy, including Supporting the far -right alternative to the Germany party Before the country’s elections in February, sales were made on the continent.

The first quarter profit in the auto maker decreased by 71 percent, which led to the minimum pessimistic expectations, and Tesla lost its crown as the largest EV maker in the world for his Chinese competitor.

Its shares have decreased by 30 percent since the beginning of the year, as more than 800 billion dollars wiped out the market evaluation.

Last week Musk He bent over the pressure of investors, and the pledge to expand his work “significantly” in Doug – an already defined position that will continue until 2026 – and start “allocating more of my time to Tesla.”

Any step by the Board of Directors to overthrow musk will be seismic, given the 53 -year -old compensation role in the group and the big contribution. In December, an American judge dropped the second council’s attempt to give Musk a standard payment package.

Musk also divides its time through the business stretching empire on the X social media platform, which recently merged with the Xai IQ, as well as Spacex and Neuralink.

Musk, who clashed with the members of the Council of Ministers in Trump, has largely evacuated his office near the White House and provides advice on Doga remotely, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Susi Wales, Trump Chief of Staff, told the New York Post on Wednesday that Musk “was not (in the White House) physically, but she does not care much,” adding that she spoke to billionaire regularly over the phone.