Elon Musk says he still works on weekends: Left the Tesla lab a few hours ago

Elon Musk has also responded to being named in the latest tranche of Jeffrey Epstein‑related documents released by the US Department of Justice.

Elon Musk has once again underlined his long‑held belief in working through weekends, saying he spent most of Sunday at Tesla’s engineering lab in Palo Alto and left only a few hours earlier.

“I worked most of the weekend too. Still do. Only left the Tesla engineering lab in Palo Alto a few hours ago,” Musk wrote on X on Sunday, responding to a post that stated that Musk used to work three days at SpaceX and two days at Tesla, and spend weekends at home with his five sons and his wife.

The remark echoes his earlier statements that sustained weekend work gives him a strategic edge, particularly in high‑pressure environments.

I worked most of the weekend too. Still do. Only left the Tesla engineering lab in Palo Alto a few hours ago. https://t.co/Cy4Qnv5MBa

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 1, 2026

The latest post revives a debate that Musk himself helped ignite last year. In February 2025, Musk had described weekend work as a “superpower,” arguing that it allows teams to outpace slower bureaucratic systems that largely shut down for two days a week. At the time, Musk had said on X that “very few in the bureaucracy actually work the weekend,” comparing it to an opposing team leaving the field mid‑game.

Those comments came soon after Musk took charge of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), where he claimed teams were working up to 120 hours a week, far beyond standard schedules. The Tesla boss has repeatedly said he works similar hours himself and expects the same intensity from his organisations, including Tesla, SpaceX, and X.

Elon Musk responds after being named in latest Epstein files disclosure

Musk has recently responded to being named in the latest tranche of Jeffrey Epstein‑related documents released by the US Department of Justice. The Tesla chief said that he supported making the files public and had pressed harder than anyone for their disclosure.

Reacting on X, Musk said he welcomed the release and rejected any suggestion of wrongdoing. “No one pushed harder than me to have the Epstein files released and I’m glad that has finally happened,” he wrote, adding that he had limited interaction with the disgraced financier. Musk said he had “very little correspondence” with Epstein and declined repeated invitations to visit his private Caribbean island or travel on his jet, known as the “Lolita Express”.

Musk acknowledged that some email exchanges, now part of the public record, could be “misinterpreted and used by detractors” to tarnish his name, but said this did not concern him. “What I do care about is that we at least attempt to prosecute those who committed serious crimes with Epstein, especially regarding the heinous exploitation of underage girls,” he wrote.

His comments came hours after the Justice Department released what it described as the final cache of Epstein‑related material, comprising more than three million pages, around two lakh images, and nearly 2,000 videos.