(Updates)
** Tesla shares surge 12.5% to $282.94 after Donald Trump elected U.S. president
** TSLA CEO, billionaire Elon Musk, has been an outspoken Trump supporter this year and has endorsed the former president throughout the electoral campaign
** Trump has said that he would make Musk head of a government efficiency commission if elected
** Shares of Lucid down 2.7% while Rivian fell 7.6%
** Polestar Automotive down 5.9% while Nikola
was down 5.2%, VinFast down 2.8%
** Trump had said earlier that he would consider ending a $7,500 tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases if elected
** "EV tax incentives will also likely to be trimmed. This would be negative for the EV industry, but should give Tesla a clear competitive advantage because of its scale and vertical integration, giving it a cost advantage vs. legacy OEMs," Mamta Valechha, consumer discreationary analyst at Quilter Cheviot
** Up to Tuesday's close, TSLA up 1% YTD
(Reporting by Aishwarya Venugopal and Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru)
((Aishwarya.Venugopal@thomsonreuters.com))
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