You can get in touch with James by emailing [email protected] Elon Musk has responded to a report from the Wall Street Journal that the Tesla board was seeking to replace him as CEO, calling it a "deliberately false article.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the electric car firm's board began looking for a successor to Mr Musk last month. It said this was because of frustration around Mr Musk's focus on his job in US President Donald Trump's administration and Tesla's sinking share price.

Tesla board members reached out to multiple executive search firms to initiate the hunt for a new CEO as tensions mounted over the company’s plummeting stock price, sources familiar with the discussions told The Wall Street Journal.