The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits fell sharply again in the latest quarter.

While Tesla is still the No. 1 seller of electric vehicles in the United States by a wide margin, the earnings report shows a deteriorating situation with no obvious quick fix for

The Austin-based EV company is still working on taking safety drivers out of the passenger seats and expanding into new cities.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has launched the company's first Diner & Drive-In in Hollywood, Los Angeles, combining retro Americana with robot servers and synchronized movie screenings. The diner debuted on Santa Monica Boulevard,

Elon Musk's Tesla Diner, a classic diner and EV charging station all in one, opened Monday in West Hollywood, California.

Tesla has offered low-interest loans and other incentives to try to revive sales, but these efforts have depressed the company’s profits. Tesla’s newest model, the Cybertruck pickup, has been a flop. The company sold 4,300 Cybertrucks in the second quarter, according to Cox Automotive, a 50 percent decline from a year earlier.