I wonder how many people commenting on here own, or have driven, a Tesla. I took delivery of a Model 3 in late September and love it. No question the best car I've owned: acceleration and handling are unbelievable; love the silent "engine"; love that I've gotten new features uploaded wirelessly; fit and finish are perfect; absolutely zero problems of any kind. Buying and delivery experience were seamless. I've owned and/or driven other luxury cars in its class and Tesla is my favorite. I can see why it's outselling its competitors.
People should learn to take the constant drumbeat of negative news with a grain of salt. There's probably some real data and red flags there, but short-sellers don't just sit quietly waiting for their thesis to be proved or disproved. No, they negative-campaign hard to try to get the stock down. Worse, you could argue that they try to cast a pall over the company to create the negative results that they've bet on (i.e., potential buyers might be turned off at the prospect of a company that they keep hearing is in financial trouble, so Tesla could lose sales). This latter point is where the shorts cross the line.
Though I'm no expert on the auto industry, I do think that, whatever happens with Tesla, it deserves a lot of credit for pushing the electric-car market forward. I wholly expect the big companies to come out with legitimate competition (there's none at the moment), but that still looks to be some years away. In the meantime, I will continue to enjoy my Tesla.
Oh, I almost bought Tesla stock before the Q3 announcement because I see new Teslas everywhere. All this negativity, but it seemed clear that Tesla was delivering.