Tesla faces a critical year, but Elon Musk is obsessed with the future

Elon Musk was upbeat during a Wednesday conference call about Tesla’s financial performance in 2017, a roller-coaster year in which the company lost over $2 billion but also launched the Model 3 and revealed a Semi truck and new Roadster. Musk was obviously buoyed by the success of the first ever flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket, which happened just over 24 hours before the call. The billionaire CEO even received congratulations from financial analysts participating in the call, with one