Musk’s close relationship with President Trump means many federal headaches related to Tesla could vanish within weeks or months.

Parts of the US bureaucracy are no doubt bloated and inefficient, and need modernisation. Most American voters support this idea. Reforming creaking bureaucracies often requires radical efforts. Yet it also needs detailed planning,

F]ull-year and January sales results from various markets around the world indicate a bleak picture for the Elon Musk-led electric vehicle company.

In the first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, the president dispatched the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and an army of engineers to hack and slash the federal bureaucracy.