With a second Trump administration taking shape, it is time for automotive investors, especially Tesla stockholders, to brush up on their acronyms. Knowing them—especially a key one—can help investors react to changing policies and protect their money.

There's a lot of chatter about the President-elect's plans to eliminate the electric vehicle tax credit. Here's what you need to know.

The $7,500 tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles could be vanishing early in the new Trump administration, but that might actually be good news for Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk, one of President-elect Donald Trump’s most prominent backers.