Tesla stock rose Thursday, likely due to AI supercluster and robotaxi plans. China sales recovery and recent, institutional support for Tesla's innovation also contributed.

Unsurprisingly, TSLA stock has reflected this turbulence, falling sharply earlier this year. Tesla’s Q1 earnings report only added to investor concerns. Vehicle deliveries were below expectations, and revenue and earnings missed Wall Street forecasts.

ARK Investment Management LLC's founder, Cathie Wood, agrees that Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) has suffered brand damage owing to CEO Elon Musk's close ties with the Trump administration as well as his activities with DOGE.

Public trust in self-driving vehicles is critical, but without federal standards, companies in the sector get to decide what to share about the safety of their technology, with varying levels of transparency.

Elon Musk promised the June Austin Robotaxi would operate "unsupervised." New disclosures suggest that won't happen, but what will?

Tesla's June robotaxi debut in Austin is a go, but it will be invite only, a Morgan Stanley analyst, who visited the company's Palo Alto office, said.

In a rare moment of candor for Tesla, the automaker's Head of Autopilot and AI Software, Ashok Elluswamy, admitted during an interview that Tesla's self-driving tech is still "a couple of years" behind one of the biggest market leaders out there today.