Tesla shares tumble as Musk says company’s stock is overvalued
By DW
04 May 2020 |
11:00 am
The share price of the US electric-car maker nosedived by around 10% at the end of the trading day after Tesla's CEO tweeted that the company's price was "too high." Elon Musk is also critical of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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