The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives’ select committee on China warned on Tuesday that Beijing may try to exert leverage with Elon Musk in a bid to win more favorable U.

The former head of China’s CDC has accused Elon Musk of hurting science after the special adviser to President Donald Trump cut the US budget for scientific research as part of his efforts to slash federal spending.

Elon Musk holds an outsized influence in the new Trump administration. As head of his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, the world’s wealthiest man has enjoyed nearly unfettered political power in slashing and refashioning the federal government as he sees fit.

Tesla has begun rolling out new driving assistance features to be used on city streets for its vehicles in China, as promised last year.

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk's Starlink faces mounting competition in the satellite internet sector as China's state-backed SpaceSail and Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos' Project Kuiper advance their expansion plans.

Allen Control Systems CEO Steve Simoni said DOGE's impending DoD audit will uncover "all kinds of wasteful spending" amid the Pentagon's need to modernize to keep pace with China.

Elon Musk's Tesla is under pressure in the world's largest car market from EV giant BYD and its rivals that are fast expanding outside China.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has introduced Grok-3, the latest iteration of its chatbot, as it looks to compete with Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, Microsoft-backed OpenAI, and Alphabet's Google.

Elon Musk has bet Tesla's future on autonomy, and China sees that as a point of leverage in negotiations over tariffs.