In keeping with his promotional nature, Musk said there was a path by which Tesla could be worth more than the next top five companies by market cap combined. Tesla was the seventh largest company in the S&P 500 at year-end. This result seems very unlikely, in my view.

Investors are looking for evidence Musk’s politics are hurting Tesla. It’s hard to find, but California might be turning against Musk—slowly.

US electric carmaker Tesla saw sales in Germany collapse in January, despite a significant broader upswing in the sale of electric vehicles overall in the country, according to German government data.