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Tesla’s Ugly December and Other Omens for the Auto Industry

Elon Musk isn’t the only car executive facing critical moments in 2023.

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk verbally reacts in front of the newly unveiled all-electric battery-powered Tesla Cybertruck with broken glass on windows following a demonstation that did not go as planned on November 21, 2019 at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)Photographer: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP
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The automaker that, for the longest time, could do no wrong is capping off a rough 2022 with an awful December.

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