"The value of Tesla overwhelmingly is autonomy," CEO Elon Musk said on yesterday's Q2 earnings call. "These other things are in the noise relative to autonomy." Longtime Musk-watchers know that he doesn't always make good on the things he says, but he's certainly delivered on making everything but the big promises around autonomous driving feel like "noise." That's reflected in the company's latest financials, and its sales are declining as scores of other brands rise in EV sales.
