Tesla's Elon Musk says tweet that cost him $20 million was 'worth it'

Tesla Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said he was signing off Twitter for a few days, shortly after tweeting that the $20 million penalty he was given for announcing on Twitter that he had funding to take the electric vehicle maker private was “worth it.”

His sign-off culminated a series of tweets that included an announcement about the release of autopilot drive on navigation.

Earlier this month, a U.S. judge approved Tesla and Musk’s $40 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over a probe of Musk’s August tweet citing funding being secured to take the company private. Musk would