Elon Musk ‘rather hates’ being Tesla boss

Elon Musk has revealed that he does not enjoy being the boss of Tesla, BBC News reports.

"I rather hate it and I would much prefer to spend my time on design and engineering," he told a US court.

Tesla's billionaire founder was speaking at the start of a trial where he is accused of pressuring the firm's board members into a $2.6bn (£1.9bn) deal to buy a solar panel firm.

Shareholders claim the carmaker's money was wasted on buying SolarCity, which - they say - was running out of money.

At the time of the deal, Mr Musk owned a 22% stake in both Tesla and the solar panel company, which was founded by his cousins.

"Since it was a stock-for-stock transaction and I owned almost exactly the same percentage of both there was no financial gain," he said.