“ O THER SHAREHOLDER meetings are like snooze fests,” declared Elon Musk, Tesla’s bumptious boss, as he took to the stage on November 6th. “Ours are bangers.” Napping while Mr Musk danced along to a funk soundtrack with one of the company’s Optimus androids would indeed have been difficult.

Elon Musk’s far-right political activity since 2022 has cost Tesla at least a million electric vehicle sales, according to a new study from four Yale professors. The researchers arrived at their conclusion by comparing Tesla sales over time to the political leanings of U.