Elon Musk’s plane heads for Germany before Chancellor hopeful’s Tesla visit

Tesla boss Elon Musk has flown to Berlin, as the electric-car maker hosts Christian Democratic Union CDU leader and candidate for chancellor Armin Laschet. — REUTERS

Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk has touched down in Berlin before the electric-car maker hosts one of the front-runners to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor.

The Tesla chief executive officer’s jet landed in the German capital Wednesday afternoon, according to a Twitter account that tracks the movement of his plane. Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union announced earlier this week that Armin Laschet, the party’s chairman, will visit the company’s unfinished car and battery factory on Friday.