Tesla (TSLA) has been facing an increasing number of challenges since 2025 began. Between the ongoing threat posed by the trade war and the anti-brand sentiment sparked by Elon Musk’s political affiliations,

Telsa (NASDAQ:TSLA) this week reported a dismal quarterly performance, but investors still rewarded the stock after top boss Elon Musk promised to return his focus to the company from his government advisory role and said the firm's robotaxi and artificial intelligence ambitions remained on track.

Sales have plunged for Tesla amid protests and boycotts over Musk's embrace of far right-wing views. Profits have been sliced by two-thirds so far this year