Mr Musk is currently embroiled in a court case where he stands accused of defrauding investors following a tweet in 2018 stating he was considering taking Tesla private. The firm’s share price spiked before falling back when a deal failed to materialise. Elon Musk has denied that his prolific use of Twitter, the social media platform he owns, is damaging the electric vehicle maker Tesla. Tesla’s share price tumbled by nearly two-thirds last year, amid concerns that the company was losing its edge, while Mr Musk was increasingly involved with his drawn-out $44bn (£35.5bn) takeover of Twitter and its subsequent reorganisation. is tesla popularity linked to twitter?

