As Tesla faces a global sales slump, and with shares down for the seventh consecutive week, could Elon Musk's antics really be to blame?

It started with a handful of demonstrations that’s since grown over 65 cities. But can these rallies actually take down Tesla?

People don’t fill out a questionnaire every time they sell Tesla stock, so we don’t know exactly what causes its price to go down. The evidence is strong, though, that Tesla shares trade down when the spotlight shines extra brightly on Musk paying attention to other things.

Protests of various sizes over Elon Musk's recent political actions have cropped up in the US as some Tesla owners say their vehicles were vandalized.

Tesla protests are growing nationwide as anger grows over Elon Musk's ties to Trump and DOGE.

Winter has emerged as one of the leading online voices amplifying the Tesla Takedown protests, which have seen thousands of angry people carrying anti-Musk signs outside the automaker's stores from Portland to London. His Hollywood resume includes a title role in the Bill & Ted film franchise, The Lost Boys and other films.

Tesla (TSLA) stock fell nearly 11% this week, bringing its losses from a record close to nearly 50% as it continues to see its post-election rally fade. This drop in shares of the EV carmaker prompted Wedbush analyst Dan Ives — one of Tesla’s biggest bulls on Wall Street — to issue a forceful defense of the stock,

The “Tesla Takedown” movement sparked rallies in cities across the United States as protesters look to hit the automotive CEO in the pocketbook.

That 1% holding (rounding up) has angered local activists, who note that Tesla’s CEO, the billionaire Elon Musk, has seemingly become President Donald Trump’s most influential adviser, and is currently engaged in a purge of the federal workforce on Trump’s behalf.

Disinformation researcher Joan Donovan was inspired by the story of a grassroots protest at a Tesla charging station in Waterville, Maine.

In CEO Elon Musk's first full month as part of Donald Trump's White House, shares of his electric vehicle company plunged 28%, the steepest drop since December 2022. The stock fell another 3% on Monday, the first trading day in March, pushing the company's market cap to about $915 billion.