Tesla shares dive as investors fear new Elon Musk political party will damage brand

Shares in Tesla are heading for a sharp fall in the US as investors fear Elon Musk's launch of a new political party will present further problems for the electric carmaker. Tesla stock was down more than 7% in pre-market trading on Monday, threatening to wipe approximately $70bn (£51bn) off the company's value when Wall Street opens. If the shares fell by that much, the value of Musk's stock would fall by more than $9bn to about $120bn. The Tesla and Space X boss remains comfortably the world's richest per ...