Earlier reports suggested Tesla’s board was searching for a successor to Musk, who shot down the claim as “deliberately false.”

Elon Musk said he took the backlash against his electric automaker Tesla personally, though he declined to say he regretted the political activity that sparked the "massive violence". There were largely peaceful protests against Tesla and Musk around the world in response to the billionaire's spearheading of federal spending cuts in the U.

Elon Musk said Tuesday that Tesla is experiencing a "major rebound in demand" after political blowback undermined interest in its electric vehicles.