A big selloff in tech stocks on Monday was dragging down a host of shares, including electric-vehicle makers such as Tesla.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) fell in early trading on Monday after the explosion of interest over the weekend of startup DeepSeek raised doubts with investors over the AI premiums embedded in many tech stocks.

Analysts expect Tesla to sell 2.1 million cars this year, up about 16 per cent, according to 20 analysts polled by LSEG, ...