Yeah. They're trying to bankrupt the company; jesselivenomore did a long essay on this at this forum earlier.
No. It's the usual "Tesla bankrupt, Musk fraud, Enron, Theranos, Derp Derp" guys.
The shorts have always been around for as long as I've owned a Tesla, and likely a lot longer.
But, I've never seen the magnitude of anger from the MASSES as I do today. It's only been recently over the last 3-6 months that a lot of anti-Tesla sentiment has started to bubble over on the comments section of various media outlets.
The entire perception of Elon/Tesla seems to have changed dramatically.
There are a tons of reasons why, and I don't mean to say it's just one thing or another.
Certainly blogs/tweets/etc from shorts played a part in that sentiment
The behavior of Elon Musk in recent months has also played a part in that sentiment.
But, there seems to be a deeper anger coming from quite a few people as if they were personally attacked.
It takes quite a few people (or bots) to drive a journalist to delete their twitter out of frustration. He simply couldn't keep up with the blowback.
But, why on that car? There have been plenty of positive first drives of a Model 3 LR-RWD.
What makes the P3D different? It's what it symbolizes.
It's a symbol of Tesla catering to the rich (because they have to in order to survive), and neglecting those that don't make as much money,