Tesla stock rises, Uber and Lyft fall, after report that Trump might be friendly to self-driving cars

The EV maker, led by key Trump advisor Elon Musk, recently showed off an autonomous vehicle called the Cybercab.

Shares in Tesla, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) are rising in premarket trading this morning after reports that President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team wants to make a federal framework for fully self-driving cars a top priority for the Department of Transportation (DOT).