Elon Musk is right here to remain. No less than, that is in response to Elon Musk, who gave an interview to these gathered for the Qatar Financial Discussion board this week. Through the 40-minute interview (beneath), Elon mentioned he’ll stay Tesla CEO for no less than 5 extra years, “Except I die. Let me see if I am useless,” he joked.
The road acquired amusing from the viewers, however it was a daring, assertive declare for Musk to make as Tesla gross sales of the pioneering EV model flag throughout the globe.
Responding to Tesla’s Gross sales Hunch
Bloomberg journalist Mishal Husain led the interview and pressed Musk straightaway, asking if his position within the American authorities—which eats up one to 2 days per week, Musk says—would stop Tesla from turning the tides of its gross sales droop.
Musk responded curtly “Oh it is already circled,” he mentioned. “Europe is our weakest market, we’re robust all over the place else.”
Our colleagues at InsideEVs have lined Tesla gross sales extensively. Their reporting factors to a rise in US EV gross sales whereas Tesla slumped 9 % for the primary quarter of 2025, mirroring the drop in European gross sales alluded to throughout this interview, in addition to cratering used values, and a state of common panic amongst Tesla’s board and traders.
Musk On His Politics
After all, the subject of politics arose all through the interview. A bewildered Musk insisted that Tesla’s losses with left-leaning patrons had been maybe evened out by purchases by these on the American political proper.
“There are additionally people who find themselves shopping for [our cars] as a result of Elon’s loopy or nonetheless they could view it,” he mentioned. “So, sure, we have misplaced some gross sales maybe on the left, however we have gained them on the suitable. The gross sales numbers at this level are robust and we see no downside with demand.”
Musk did word political blowback had affected Tesla gross sales, nonetheless, and that he would step again from political duties, however stay tight management over Tesla itself. Inevitably the dialog shifted towards constructing (doubtlessly) billions of Tesla humanoid robots, due to course it did.
Elon Retains Management of Tesla
Once more Musk claimed to curb authorities involvement within the close to future, together with political spending which brought about a lot of the blowback to Tesla, in flip affecting firm gross sales.
Can Tesla dig itself out of an more and more aggressive international EV market following nosediving gross sales and the extraordinary PR hit Tesla has taken over the previous 12 months? We’ll definitely discover out, and with protections in place to maintain the throne from being upset, Musk will paved the way.
