One thing to start: BP will today reveal its progress on a $5bn cost-cutting plan, as activist investor Elliott Management increases pressure on the energy major to rein in operating expenses more aggressively.

The interim deal requires Musk, whose foray into politics has roiled the electric vehicle company, to stay as CEO for two years.

Tesla gave Elon Musk a stock grant of $29 billion on Monday as a reward for years of “transformative and unprecedented” growth despite a recent foray into right-wing politics that has hurt its sales,