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Tesla Car Sales Rose 18% in Last Quarter

The company’s rapid growth is expected to ease as the economy slows and demand for its electric cars weakens.

Does Elon know who buys his stuff?

Investors blame Elon Musk and wonder how much more the stock will fall.

“Cool” doesn’t necessarily deliver sustained advantage.

As Elon Musk’s politics turn off potential customers, many rival vehicles are coming to market.

The maker of electric cars faces sharp competition, plummeting shares and production woes while its chief executive is preoccupied with Twitter.

Sales contracts prevent buyers of the company’s electric cars from pursuing class-action suits if something goes wrong.

Corporate governance experts say the electric-car maker’s directors may need to rein in the chief executive, with whom many have personal ties.

Firing people. Talking of bankruptcy. Telling workers to be “hard core.” Mr. Musk has repeatedly used those tactics at many of his companies.

Musk, Bezos, Bankman-Fried, Trump: some of our most prominent billionaires laid waste to their carefully cultivated image as benevolent saviors.