https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-musk-board/tesla-ceo-musk-drops-pursuit-of-72-billion-take-private-deal-idUSKCN1LA02P

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk said late on Friday he would heed shareholder concerns and no longer pursue a $72 billion deal to take his U.S. electric car maker private, abandoning an idea that had stunned investors and drawn regulatory scrutiny.