As the resident FUD detector for this forum, have you ever called out Tesla for their FUD?
First, it's clear that you don't know what FUD is. The question as posed is nonsensical.
Fear, uncertainty and doubt - Wikipedia
"Fear, uncertainty and doubt (often shortened to
FUD) is a
disinformation strategy used in sales, marketing,
public relations,
talk radio, politics, religious organizations, and
propaganda. FUD is generally a strategy to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information and a manifestation of the
appeal to fear."
Tesla does not
"appeal to fear" through dubious or false information. The entire premise of Tesla's way of doing business depends on their products actually providing a better experience than what the competitors offer (whether they achieve this is a matter of subjectivity, but that is the company's intent). In the documentary film '
Revenge of the Electric Car', it's explained that Tesla started with the Roadster and then the Model S to prove to consumers that EVs could be fun, attractive, and useful, rather than slow and boring.
An actual FUD campaign example involves SCO Group, which made all kinds of vague/unsubstantiated claims that it actually owned the IP behind Linux, and demanded exorbitant licensing fees from Linux users in the early 2000's. SCO was ultimately unsuccessful in court:
SCO Group - Wikipedia
A number of of folks on this forum are in a tough spot after relying on promises that didn't materialize.
Second, I have no reservations about objecting to predictions on the Bull side that I believe to be unduly optimistic and/or reckless:
For example,
2017 Investor Roundtable:General Discussion, a claim that Tesla's automation would result in "Global Domination" by Model Y, which I believed was unlikely anytime soon.
And
2017 Investor Roundtable: TSLA Market Action, From our very own ValueAnalyst, who claimed to tell the future with "100% proven accuracy". I specifically characterized that kind of certainty as "dangerous".
Generally speaking, I do not like the fact that Elon Musk publicly sets aggressive timelines that cannot be met. However, I note that when he sets a goal, he generally does eventually achieve it, albeit usually several years late. Falcon 1 reached successful orbit about 5 years late. Model S was 2 years late. Model X was 2-3 years late. Falcon Heavy was around 5 years late.
Third, who are "a number of folks"? One person had serious losses on February 20th, 2018, but this was when TSLA was still well above $300/share, and the person in question had a
margin loan of well over 7 Million USD. I can recall only one other person who expressed anger at losing $ on short term options, and I read these threads often.
So I think it irresponsible to make vague claims that recent TSLA prices have resulted in broad financial difficulty.