Even the perma-bull crowd of analysts covering Tesla warned of sorely disappointing results in Q1, a view signaled by the poor deliveries for the quarter reported in early April. But the numbers released after the market close on April 22 were much,

For at least a decade, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised his company would soon launch a fully autonomous vehicle. Now the stakes are higher than ever for the billionaire, after his electric vehicle company reported a disastrous 71 percent drop in earnings Tuesday, as his political profile has become increasingly divisive.