Musk and those original executives have had their tussles over the years. In fact, tensions between Musk and Eberhard led to a 2009 lawsuit and settlement. That settlement found that Musk could call himself a co-founder of the company, alongside Eberhard, Tarpenning, JB Straubel, and Ian Wright.

The nostalgia play, conceived years ago when the world's richest man was still a Los Angeles hometown hero, bows in a radically different era.

When Elon Musk’s highly anticipated Tesla Diner opened its doors in Los Angeles on July 21, it garnered significant media attention, with customers lining up for hours to try chef Eric Greenspan’s pie shakes and classic burgers served in Cybertruck-shaped boxes. This past weekend, however, the lines looked a little different.

Elon Musk's Tesla-themed diner in Hollywood became the scene of an anti-Musk protest on Sunday. Protestors gathered outside the futuristic eatery with balloons resembling Musk that were animated to do Nazi salutes, in reference to a widely-criticized gesture that the tech billionaire made on President Donald Trump 's Inauguration Day.

Wall Street may be skeptical about Tesla’s upcoming quarters, but CEO Elon Musk made four surprising announcements that could be game-changers — if they prove true.

A woman was injured at Elon Musk’s newly opened Tesla diner in Hollywood when a piece of patio furniture fell on her head, the woman’s husband told TMZ. Valentina, 21, and her husband George—who did not reveal their last name—were dining on the rooftop patio and had just received their food when an outdoor patio covering came loose and “brutally” struck Valentina in the head.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted the automaker could sell over 250,000 Cybertrucks a year, but those stratospheric sales have failed to materialize.