EV Stocks Today (Dec. 17, 2025): Tesla Slides After Record High, QuantumScape’s Automaker Deal Steals the Spotlight, Ford Signals EV Pullback
Updated: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 — 6:00 p.m. ET Electric vehicle stocks ended the Wednesday session with a familiar late‑2025 feel: big headlines, bigger volatility, and a market backdrop that made growth names hard to hold into the close. The broader selloff in tech—driven by renewed anxiety around expensive AI trades—pulled down several EV-linked stocks, especially those that investors increasingly treat as “AI adjacency” plays. AP News+2The Wall Street Journal+2