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FILE – A Tesla level three Electric vehicle charger is visible, Feb. 2, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga., near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Tesla’s profit plunges again as the fallout from Elon Musk’s politics continues to repel buyers

July 24, 2025 at 8:04 a.m.

The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits dropped sharply again in the latest quarter.

FILE – President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters as they sit in a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP, File)

Tesla sales plunge again as anti-Musk boycott shows staying power and rivals pounce on the weakness

July 2, 2025 at 4:45 p.m.

Sales of Tesla electric cars fell sharply in the last three months as boycotts over Elon Musk’s political views continue to keep buyers away, a significant development given expectations that...

The facade of the New York Stock Exchange is seen, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Stocks rally and oil tumbles as Wall Street hopes for a limited retaliation after US strikes on Iran

June 23, 2025 at 3:43 p.m.

U.S. stocks rallied, and the price of oil tumbled Monday on hopes that Iran will not disrupt the global flow of crude.

Eric Trump speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for Trump International Hung Yen, an urban, tourism and golf complex in Hung Yen province, Vietnam on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Pham Kiem/VNA via AP)

Trump family announces another venture, a mobile phone company

June 16, 2025 at 8:25 a.m.

The Trump family said it will launch a mobile phone company, the latest in a string of ventures that have been announced while Donald Trump is in the White House...

FILE – President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Think your return to the office was rough? Elon Musk faces some big challenges

May 30, 2025 at 11:41 a.m.

Elon Musk is leaving Washington after a short but turbulent stint in government and getting back to his numerous businesses, each with their own set of issues for the billionaire...

President Donald Trump answers a reporter’s question during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s plan to accept free Air Force One replacement from Qatar raises ethical and security worries

May 12, 2025 at 5:07 p.m.

For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer.

FILE – Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference, March 11, 2025, at the Department of Transportation in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Tesla could benefit the most from new rules on reporting of self-driving car crashes

April 26, 2025 at 5:20 p.m.

Rule changes announced by the Trump administration this week could allow automakers to report fewer crashes involving self-driving cars, with Tesla potentially emerging as the main beneficiary.

FILE – The likeness of George Washington is seen on a U.S. one dollar bill, March 13, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump

April 18, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.

Among the threats tariffs pose to the U.S. economy, none may be as strange as the sell-off in the dollar.

Officers from Ottawa Police Service (OPS) are seen at a Tesla Service and Showroom centre after it was damaged with pink spray paint in Ottawa, on Monday, March 31, 2025. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP)

Tesla sales drop 13% in first quarter as Elon Musk backlash, aging models hurt demand

April 2, 2025 at 5:38 p.m.

Tesla sales declined 13% in the first three months of the year, another sign that Elon Musk’s once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers.

FILE – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk’s embrace of right-wing politics risks turning off car buyers and sinking Tesla’s stock

March 3, 2025 at 8:37 a.m.

Elon Musk’s car company is required each year to report to investors all the bad things that could happen to it, and the latest version lists every imaginable threat from...

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