The alliance between Uber and Waymo in the city, where Musk has plans for Tesla in June, opens new avenues for expansion in the self-driving car sector

The price tag for a Cybertruck ranges from $72,490 to $99,990, according to Tesla's website. This marks the vehicle's eighth recall for safety issues, although Tesla has been able to address some of them with remote software updates.

But there is another, less obvious concern with the increasingly cozy relationship between Silicon Valley and the government: the corrupting effect on Silicon Valley itself. Silicon Valley is hardly a paragon of corporate integrity,

Tesla Inc.’s stock is in a freefall. Its sales are plunging around the world. Even its most avid Wall Street bulls are turning cautious. But one group is buying the electric-vehicle maker’s shares like never before: CEO Elon Musk’s fans.