Elon Musk’s social-media platform has apparently made an incredible comeback. That’s a positive for Tesla investors in one crucial way.Musk’s X, which was called Twitter when he bought it in October 2022,

Tesla sales are in an unprecedented slide. Competitors are rapidly gaining ground. There’s a lot of bad news for Tesla lately – but it’s unclear if the politics of its polarizing CEO, Elon Musk, are to blame.

The platform is in talks over a new funding round which could value it at 44 billion dollars – the same price Mr Musk paid for it in 2022.

The EV firm’s sales are down in many parts of Europe, while rivals are chipping away at its market share in the company’s native US

Is Elon Musk's political profile and BFF status with President Trump hurting sales of Austin-based Tesla? Maybe — but it's complicated, analysts say. Why it matters: Tesla is by far the U.S. electric vehicle sales leader and long the world's top seller (though it has recently been trading the lead with China's BYD).