That is not a fair assessment. While the whole market is getting pounded, none of the major techs are showing anywhere near the price decline OR much more importantly, the HUGE volume TSLA is showing right now. There is major liquidation going on right now in TSLA, unlike the other big techs who are basically tracking their daily volumes. They may finish above by the EOD based on ugly market right now. TSLA has already blown away daily volume by over 8 million shares.There is no evidence whatsoever that Elon is selling any TSLA shares. TSLA is moving with the market on one of the worst down days for the NASDAQ this year. So why make up reasons? Not to mention that it would be moronic for Elon to sell TSLA shares today to pay for a transaction that won't go through for months, if ever.
Nice to hear your bearish bet on TSLA has paid off for you.
So the short answer is that someone is selling A LOT more TSLA shares than usual. If not Elon, then major institutional players? But they don't tend to concentrate on one stock. There would be large volume across the board. The evidence is there that a major player is liquidating specifically in TSLA, and it is hard to ignore that Elon may have sudden cash requirements based on events.