Tesla’s stock closed higher Tuesday for the fifth straight day, a remarkable and sustained rally that has recaptured a quarter of the value it lost in the last three months. It may not last.

Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) are surging on Thursday. The electric-vehicle (EV) maker's stock gained 5.2% as of 11:40 a.m. ET and was up as much as 7.3% earlier in the day. The jump comes as the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) showed modest gains.

Tesla stock rose as much as 7% Thursday morning in an otherwise difficult day for traditional automakers, following President Donald Trump's newly announced auto tariffs. Meanwhile, General Motors saw the biggest declines in the S&P 500,

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After soaring in 2023 and 2024, shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) have been battered for nearly three months now. Since the start of 2025, the largest U.S. EV-maker has seen its shares drop by more than -26%,

Tesla is undergoing a "brand tornado crisis moment," Wedbush's Dan Ives said. Signs are pointing to a tough Q1 delivery report next week.