Tesla’s fourth-quarter earnings report lands just over a week after President Donald Trump began his second term in the White House, with Elon Musk right by his side.

Elon Musk had sharp words for a private-sector partnership touted this week by the Trump administration to hasten the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure. “They don’t actually have the money,” Musk said of two of the participants in the $500 billion initiative, OpenAI and SoftBank, on his social media site X.

Washington: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who recently donated $277 million to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has been appointed as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Trump administration.

A quick look at Elon Musk’s social media pages makes it clear that he’s more focused on his work in Washington D.C. than anything involving electric vehicles (EVs) or rockets. 💰💸 Don’t miss the move: SIGN UP for TheStreet’s FREE Daily newsletter 💰💸 Even as Tesla TSLA prepares to report its Q4 earnings and full-year guidance after market close Wednesday,

Elon Musk said Tesla will begin launching unsupervised self-driving models in Austin, Texas by June and several other U.S. cities by the end of 2025.

It’s hard to fault a CEO who grows a company beyond $1 trillion in value. Elon Musk managed the feat by upending the automotive market with Tesla’s electric vehicles and extended its lead with broader battery power.