Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said in a tweet on Tuesday that the automaker has already received nearly 250,000 orders of its new, all-electric Cybertruck.
The rise in stock came after Musk said the auto industry “is just fairly slow to evolve, and it didn’t take electric vehicles really seriously until 2015, maybe 2014 you could say,” also saying other car competitors have “no soul.”
Tesla is under investigation by the Justice Department over public statements made by the company and chief executive officer Elon Musk, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that he wants the company to go private, which immediately stirred an intense reaction on social media and caused the stock to spike.
