Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have reached a settlement over fraud charges.
Under the deal Musk will remain CEO, pay a 20 million dollar fine and step down as chairman of the company.
The SEC also imposed a $20m fine on Tesla.
Musk is accused of misleading investors after tweeting that he'd secured funding to take the electric carmaker private last month.
Al jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from Washington, DC.
