Elon Musk is right here to remain. At the very least, that is in line with Elon Musk, who gave an interview to these gathered for the Qatar Financial Discussion board this week. In the course of the 40-minute interview (beneath), Elon mentioned he’ll stay Tesla CEO for at the least 5 extra years, “Until I die. Let me see if I am lifeless,” he joked. 

The road received fun 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 Stoop

Bloomberg journalist Mishal Husain led the interview and pressed Musk straightaway, asking if his function 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 hunch.

Musk responded curtly “Oh it is already circled,” he mentioned. “Europe is our weakest market, we’re sturdy 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 p.c 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 basic panic amongst Tesla’s board and traders. 

Musk On His Politics

In fact, the subject of politics arose all through the interview. A bewildered Musk insisted that Tesla’s losses with left-leaning patrons have 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 nevertheless 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 correct. The gross sales numbers at this level are sturdy and we see no downside with demand.”

Musk did word political blowback had affected Tesla gross sales, nevertheless, 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 precipitated 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 yr? We’ll definitely discover out, and with protections in place to maintain the throne from being upset, Musk will prepared the ground.