Tesla stock had its worst week since Mar. 2020 during a ‘very intense 7 days’ for Elon Musk

During a seven day period, the company's shares dropped nearly 16%, and Musk called it a very intense seven days.

The company's shares closed at $265.25. One week later, the stock was trading at $223.07. The worst week for the stock since Mar. 2020 was last week.

The electric vehicle production and delivery numbers did not meet expectations.

On Monday, Musk caused a political uproar by opining about how he thought Russia's invasion of Ukraine should be solved.

Public records show that Musk told the Delaware Chancery Court that he was going to complete his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in October.

According to estimates compiled by FactSet-owned Street Account, analysts had been expecting the company to deliver over 350,000 cars for the period ending September 30, 2022,

Despite having started production at two new factories in Germany and Texas, the company still reported 343,000 deliveries and 365,000 electric cars.

The analysts wondered if the competition from BYD would cause demand erosion in China, where it is facing the biggest competition.

On Friday last week, it trotted out a rough, early prototype of a humanoid robot and talked about remaining challenges and progress in developing self- driving technology that can turn its cars into robotaxis with a software update.

Fans and analysts were attracted to the potential of the robot demo.

Musk posted a poll on Monday that gauged support for what he claimed was a likely outcome of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Some of the divisions of the nation under siege should join Russia, according to his suggestion. He said that the nation should remain neutral rather than align with either NATO or Russia.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham were two of the people who criticized Musk.

After fleeing the country, Kasparov described Musk's plan as a repetition of Kremlin propaganda.

Musk accused the company of lying about its user metrics in financial filings while fighting in court to get out of the deal he proposed.

The deal would see a windfall for the company's shareholders. Facing a deposition this week, and with a trial start-date looming, Musk sent a letter to the court this week stating that he would take the company private at $54.20 per share. He was given a deadline of October 28th to wrap up the deal or go to trial.

The CEO of both Musk's companies may have to sell more of his stock to finance the acquisition. The electric vehicle maker will report its third-quarter earnings on Oct. 19th.

Musk at least achieved a historic professional accomplishment at his re-usable rocket venture. Four people were sent to the International Space Station on Wednesday.

The mission is the fifth operational crew launch for NASA and the eighth for the company. Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina is one of the people who will be flying with the company.

Musk said that the company would deliver some of the trucks to Pepsi by the end of the year.