During a rough week for electric-vehicle makers in the U.S., Tesla investors got at least one piece of good news on Thursday. The EV maker reported a pronounced increase in sales—better numbers than Wall Street had predicted, and a respite from the lagging deliveries Tesla has been reporting over the past two quarters. While analysts had expected Tesla to sell around 450,000 EVs over the three months ended in September, Tesla ended up delivering more than 497,000—about 100,000 more than the previous quart ...