It’s been a (self-driving) roller coaster for Tesla ever since inauguration day, with the stock price, investors’ confidence and Wall Street projections rising and falling like Donald Trump’s tariffs as the president binge-watches Fox News and MSNBC, gorges on quarter-pounders and pounds out angry Truth Social posts.

Elon Musk has long been credited with turning Tesla into a beacon of innovation, the visionary who pushed the world into an era of electrification. But

Before Tesla announced it's first-quarter earnings on April 22, its stock was down 44% on the year and shares plummeted 6% the day before. To say Q1 results fell well below Wall Street expectations