Ross Gerber said Tesla's brand crisis spanned far beyond Elon Musk's involvement at the White House DOGE office.

The night before Elon Musk filed paperwork to reincorporate SpaceX in Texas, he called Gov. Greg Abbott. It was Valentine’s Day, Abbott told a crowd of law students on Thursday in Austin, and the Texas Republican was at dinner with his wife.

Close to 150 protestors gathered outside a Tesla dealership in Northbrook, targeting Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his involvement with President Donald Trump’s administration.

In the coming weeks, Musk will begin dialing back his role in Washington. Trump has told his inner circle and members of his Cabinet that both men have agreed he’ll be transitioning out of the administration and his polarizing role atop the DOGE initiative and stepping into a more supportive role.

The White House rebutted reports that Elon Musk would leave the administration before the end of his 130-day special government employee appointement.

The White House said on Wednesday that tech billionaire Elon Musk will stay on to complete his mission to slash government spending and downsize the federal workforce, dismissing media reports that he will leave the role soon.

Mark Green, a Republican who once worked under President Trump, stepped down as head of the Wilson Center after employees of Elon Musk’s team visited the think tank.

Tuesday’s decisive victory for the Democratic-backed candidate in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race offered a warning for Republicans that Elon Musk’s unfavorability with voters may outweigh the millions he’s pledged to spend for Republicans in next year’s midterms.

A new report from the state Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council reveals that EV sales fell short in 2024, while one analyst argues that the main beneficiary of Washington state’s EV mandates and rebate program so far has been Elon Musk’s Tesla.