Elon Musk’s plans to wind down his work at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are raising questions about the future of the cost-cutting push that has defined his brief but controversial tenure in the administration.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been Donald Trump’s battering ram during the president’s first 100 days, slashing the federal government and trying to bend its remnants to Trump’s will.

Even the perma-bull crowd of analysts covering Tesla warned of sorely disappointing results in Q1, a view signaled by the poor deliveries for the quarter reported in early April. But the numbers released after the market close on April 22 were much,