But if you just listened in on the company’s call with analysts, you would have no idea why. For an earnings call, there was zero talk of, um, earnings. And the overall message from Tesla’s top brass seemed to be: We are a robotics and AI company, and, someday soon, it’s going to be awesome.

Tesla's second-quarter results are on the docket for Wednesday afternoon, and these are the big numbers Wall Street will be watching for.

However, its free cash flow fell by 89 percent to just $146 million.

Tesla shares sank Thursday after CEO Elon Musk said the company could face a “few rough quarters” as it transitions to a future focused less on selling cars and more on offering people rides in self-...

The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits dropped sharply again in the latest quarter.

Musk is pursuing autonomous driving to power privately owned vehicles as well as robotaxis that it plans to put into production next year.