There are definitely a lot of people who think this. Go on twitter and search for "TSLAQ". There are people deluding themselves that Tesla isn't actually shipping the number of cars they claim.
Maybe 7+ years ago you could try to make that claim and not be a laughing stock, but it's very odd at this point.
Maybe 7+ years ago you could try to make that claim and not be a laughing stock, but it's very odd at this point.