Americans are viewing Tesla in an increasingly negative light, according to an annual survey. Even scandal-hit UnitedHealth Group and the U.K. oil company behind the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe are viewed in a better light.

Tesla cars were outsold by a rival electric-vehicle manufacturer in Europe for the first time last month. The Chinese company BYD sold 7,231 fully electric cars in April compared to Tesla’s 7,165, according to the automotive data firm Jato Dynamics.

The EV maker will roll out about 10 self-driving cars next month and scale up to about a thousand, Musk told CNBC in an interview.

Tesla's chief financial officer, Vaibhav Taneja, took home a $139 million pay package last year. It was tied to stock options and equity awards, according to a regulatory filing.

Cadillac said the percentage of its electric car buyers coming over from Tesla has reached 10% as the automaker expands its lineup.

Tesla's global vehicle deliveries reached approximately 1.79 million, reflecting a 1.1% decrease compared to the prior year. During the first quarter of this year, sales in the U.S. fell sharply by 13%,

The owner of a Tesla Cybertruck has taken to an online forum to complain that their EV pickup truck's odometer was mysteriously set to 0 miles during a service appointment.

Tesla appears to be testing an updated version of the Model S Plaid. That's the 1,020-hp version that's knock-your-pants-off fast, even if the rest of the chassis feels overwhelmed with that much power. That's no surprise: The original Model S entered production in 2012, making it 13 years old. That's ancient in the automotive world.