Musk: the successor to Tesla has been confirmed. If anything happens to me, he will take over the company.

Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua) Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Elon Musk) said on Tuesday that he had identified a successor to Tesla's board of directors who would take over the company if anything happened to him. However, he did not disclose the man's name.

Speaking at a media event on Tuesday, Mr Musk said he had identified a successor to Tesla's board of directors who would run the company "in the worst case". "I have told the board, 'listen, if anything happens to me, this is the person I recommend to you to take over the company'." He said.

James Murdoch (James Murdoch), director of Tesla's board, revealed in court testimony last year that Mr Musk had identified a potential successor to lead Tesla at a time when investors were worried about being distracted by Twitter. Musk recently appointed a new Twitter CEO and said he would pay more attention to Tesla.

According to previous reports, Tesla board members have discussed the issue of CFO Zack Kirkhorn (Zach Kirkhorn) as a potential successor to succeed Musk as CEO. In addition, Zhu Xiaotong, head of Tesla's Greater China region, is also being promoted very quickly. He and Kirkhorn are among the top four executives of Tesla.

In addition, Musk also said that Tesla may finalize the location of a new factory by the end of this year. When asked if Tesla was interested in India, he said: "absolutely."

In an interview last week, India's deputy minister of science and technology said Tesla was "serious" about his plan to set up a manufacturing base in India. Earlier this year, Tesla announced that it would open a super factory in Mexico, and the company is working to expand its global production.

On Tuesday, Musk also proposed the idea of creating an educational institution that would control most of his votes, but he gave no details.