
Months after Elon Musk left the Trump administration — appeasing Tesla investors worried about boycotts — the world's richest man has announced some good news. Sales of Tesla cars are back. Well, maybe.
Musk's EV company reported on Thursday that car sales jumped 7% in the three months through September after plunging for most of the year. Musk's embrace of US President Donald Trump and far-right politicians in Europe turned away large swathes of customers, who came to associate the brand with Musk's controversial ideology.