Tesla’s first drop in annual sales in more than a decade suggests proximity to political power has its limits, says Liam Denning for Bloomberg Opinion. NEW YORK: The strange thing about Tesla’s latest results , released Thursday morning (Jan 2), is that a company touting leadership in artificial intelligence and self-driving cars struggles to predict where its own sales will be in a couple of months. In late October 2024, Tesla surprised markets by announcing it expected a “slight increase” in