Wall Street’s “whisper” number on deliveries was well below FactSet’s consensus, and Tesla still missed it by a wide margin.

Tesla stock fell Monday, just ahead of key sales data due later this week. Shares of the electric vehicle maker closed down 1.7% at $259.16, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6% and 1%,

Tesla (TSLA) stock climbed over 3% in pre-market trading on Tuesday, even as its owner, Elon Musk, faces renewed controversy involving his ex,

Tesla's first-quarter sales slumped 13%, its weakest performance in nearly three years, as backlash to CEO Elon Musk's embrace of far-right politics grows and as consumers seek out newer models from rival electric-vehicle makers.

For Tesla investors, Elon Musk’s time matters more than quarterly deliveries. Tesla stock recouped its losses after announcing disappointing deliveries data following a Politico report that cited three unnamed Trump insiders who said the electric-vehicle maker’s CEO plans to step away from his government role in the coming weeks.

Tesla’s sales plunged in January, with key markets like California and Europe seeing sharp declines. BYD has overtaken Tesla in China, intensifying competitive pressures in