Tesla’s problem is that it’s a company that manufactures cars, trucks, solar panels and energy storage systems. Its AI vision is years away from generating sales, much less profits. Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images/Postmedia files

In the stock market’s rarefied air where mega-cap technology behemoths reside, Tesla Inc. stands out — but for all the wrong reasons. Chief among them is its stunning lack of earnings growth while its stock price continues to soar.

The Elon Musk-led electric vehicle-maker is expected to post a 25 per cent drop in third-quarter profits from a year ago when it reports earnings Wednesday afternoon, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The decline is nothing new, as Tesla’s results have been in retreat for multiple years.

What is notable,

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