The 3 most important things we learned from Tesla's earnings (TSLA)

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Tesla reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 earnings on Wednesday, and although the loss for the quarter was narrower than analysts expected, it was still a loss. There had been a lot of confusion going into this earnings report, Tesla's first since its $2.1-billion merger withSolarCity was completed last year. On a call with analysts after earnings broke, CEO Elon Musk and his executive team held a conference call with analysts, and we learned ... well, if not a ...