December with a gain, as investors cheered the long-awaited update to electric-vehicle giant’s Full Self-Driving software. The “significant” potential from Tesla’s artificial intelligence-based FSD offering,

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock has been one of the hottest stocks since Donald Trump won the presidential election earlier this month. Now up nearly 38% since election day, TSLA shares are starting to get closer to the heights not seen since the start of 2022.

An update from a Tesla engineer on Saturday was exciting investors on Monday.Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s vice president of AI software, tweeted Saturday night that version 13 of Tesla’s highest-level driver assistance software called Full Self-Driving began rolling out to customers.

Tesla shares advanced to their highest level in two-and-a-half years as two analysts wrote optimistic opinions about the EV maker's future.

Tesla stock rose to start a new week of trading. Two points about self-driving cars were helping.Shares of the electric-vehicle maker added 3.5%, closing at $357.09, while the S&P 500 added 0.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.