The billionaire Elon Musk has started to take a back seat, reports the Politico portal on Monday. A close associate of Donald Trump, he has not completely disappeared from the political scene, but Republicans have stopped mentioning him.

As Elon Musk prepares to leave the U.S. government, Tesla investors are pleading with the EV maker to make sure the CEO refocuses on the company and to disclose how the board would replace him in an emergency or if he loses interest.

On May 24, X experienced a major global outage, with Musk acknowledging “major operational improvements” were urgently needed and that failover systems “should have worked, but did not.” Musk publicly declared on X “Back to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in conference/server/factory rooms.

Elon Musk's renewed 24/7 commitment to Tesla surged investor confidence Tuesday. This focus, alongside robotaxi plans and China recovery, eased concerns, boosting shares.

In a letter, some skeptical backers of the EV company have also asked its board to add a “new, truly independent” member and lay out a succession plan.

Social media platform X was hit by a two-hour outage Saturday, prompting owner Elon Musk to say he needs to spend more time focusing on his companies. His

A group of Tesla investors is urging Elon Musk to commit at least 40 hours a week to running the electric vehicle company, arguing his undivided attention is needed to repair Tesla’s faltering sales and stock price volatility.

Following a big X outage, tanking EV sales, and some major DOGE backlash, Musk says he'll shift his focus from DC to X and Tesla because 'we have critical technologies rolling out.'

President Donald Trump bid farewell to Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Friday, providing a cordial conclusion to a tumultuous tenure for the billionaire entrepreneur. Musk is leaving his position spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency,