Tesla posted another big drop in quarterly deliveries on Wednesday, putting it on course for its second straight annual sales decline as demand falters due to backlash over CEO Elon Musk’s political stance and an aging vehicle lineup.Still, shares of the electric automaker jumped 3% as the decline proved less severe than the bleakest analyst projections.Tesla said it delivered 384,122 vehicles in the second quarter, down 13.5% from 443,956 units a year ago. 3 Tesla demand has faltered due to backlash over ...

Tesla (TSLA 1.32%) has long been a battleground stock, but recently, the fight between bulls and bears around the EV maker has reached a fever pitch.Shares of Tesla essentially doubled following the election, but they have given back all of those gains since the inauguration as controversy continues to follow CEO Elon Musk, who has now tasked himself with laying off federal workers as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Negative headlines have battered Tesla stock as sales in Europe ...