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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.
But the jump comes with a caveat. Tesla benefitted from consumers in the US taking advantage of a $7,500 (€6,400) tax credit before it expired on 30 September, prompting a surge in buying that helped all EV
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