The annual meeting will be in November, nearly four months after what is required under Texas law.
A group of state treasurers and investors is complaining that the company, facing falling sales, is about to miss a legal deadline to hold a shareholder forum.
Mr. Musk’s involvement in politics was once seen by investors as a benefit to Tesla. Not anymore.
The tech billionaire’s effort to create a new political party, called the America Party, comes amid a ramped-up feud with the president over his new domestic policy law.
The company has devoted resources to autonomous driving rather than developing new models to attract car buyers.
China’s lead in electric vehicle technology, which is already huge, could become insurmountable if incentive programs are slashed, auto experts and environmentalists say.
The vehicles will have safety monitors and may not operate in bad weather, making them more restricted than the fully autonomous vehicles promised by Elon Musk.
Automakers and car buyers are taking a second, harder look at hybrids after leaving them behind for electric vehicles.
Mr. Musk says the driverless taxis could begin ferrying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, where other companies already have similar cars on the road.
BYD and other companies doubled their share of the car market after the European Union imposed higher tariffs on electric vehicles from China.