Tesla shares drop 5%, continuing to slide as post-election rally loses steam

Tesla electric vehicles are parked in a parking lot at the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg plant.Shares of Tesla continued to slide on Friday, in what appeared to be a case of investors taking profits from the electric car maker's blistering post-U.S. election rally.As of around 6 a.m. ET, the firm's shares were down 5% in U.S. premarket trading, extending losses from earlier in the week. On Wednesday, Tesla shares slumped 8% to post their worst day since before Donald Trump's presidential election vic ...