During the All-In Podcast last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he hasn’t been to Washington, DC (The White House) since May. This was a hint that his focus has returned to business, and Tesla is going to get a major chunk of Elon’s time.
In the last 5 business days, Tesla (TSLA) stock price increased more than 20% (from $350.14 opening on 11th September to a close of $421.68 on 16th September). After this rally, Tesla’s market capitalization has crossed the $1.3 trillion mark.
– Advertisement –Tesla stock price hangs on $420.69 for a while on 16th September 2025. Elon Musk tweets about this symbolic number.
Interestingly, in yesterday’s trading at NASDAQ, Tesla’s stock stayed at the symbolic number of $420.69. This is in reference to Elon Musk’s iconic $420 take Tesla private Elon Musk tweet from 2018.
Musk couldn’t resist the temptation and posted the increase of $69.42 on X as well. “TSLA up $69 to ~$420 as foretold in the prophecy,” he wrote on X, along with the screenshot of the Tesla (TSLA) stock ticker.
These tweets by Elon Musk were reminiscent of his pre-politics persona. Tesla investors and enthusiasts quoted Musk’s recent tweets as a sign of his renewed interest in the company.
After getting the recent compensation of 96 million Tesla shares, Elon Musk has been approved a trillion-dollar pay package by the board of Tesla for achieving new targets for the company, especially in the AI, robotics, and self-driving arenas.
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Screenshot of Elon Musk’s X post (tweet) celebrating the increase of $69.20 in Tesla’s stock price on 16th September 2025. Source: Elon Musk via X.
As Tesla owners, enthusiasts, and investors shared Elon Musk’s tweet above on X as a hint of his return to Tesla and a renewed focus on the company’s new mission, the vibrant CEO replied by sharing his detailed schedule for the coming weekend.
The exciting bit for Tesla investors in Musk’s new schedule is his main focus on Tesla and its products. The old Elon Musk is back as he mentioned “burning midnight oil” focusing on Tesla Optimus’ engineering.
He wrote:
Daddy is very much home.
Am burning the midnight oil with Optimus engineering on Friday night, then redeye overnight to Austin arriving 5am, wake up to have lunch with my kids and then spend all Saturday afternoon in deep technical reviews for the Tesla AI5 chip design.
Fly to Colossus II on Monday to walk the whole datacenter floor, review transformers and power production (excellent progress), depart midnight.
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Then up to 12 hours of back to back meetings across all Tesla departments, but particular focus on AI/Autopilot, Optimus production plans and vehicle production/delivery.
What’s even more interesting is that last week, Elon Musk bought 2.57 million shares of Tesla (TSLA) worth around $1 billion (according to Investopedia). This shows Elon Musk’s confidence in his own company and the product line.
Update: Tesla stock closed at $425.86 on 17th September marking a ~1% increase as the rally continues.
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