From the NYT article linked in this:<p>> In 2018, Tesla said, it delivered 245,000 cars, mostly in the United States. The research firm IHS Markit, which tracks state motor-vehicle data, counted registrations of 164,000 new Teslas nationwide.<p>That's a pretty interesting and potentially damning finding. I don't see why anyone would buy an expensive car from Tesla and then fail to register it. It's possible that IHS is just missing legitimately registered cars, but given the long list of exaggerated or just plain false claims made by Musk and Tesla it doesn't seem impossible that they are exaggerating their metric for number of cars delivered.
I know short sellers claim they improve price discovery and market efficiency by seeking out negativity, but in the case of Tesla where Elon has pushed electric vehicles forward 5-10 years, having millionaires like Josh Wolfe sitting on Twitter day and night nitpicking seems really Petty and pointless.
> The man says he works for a short seller who goes by the Twitter handle Latrilife. In return for scouting out and monitoring Tesla delivery centers and storage sites around L.A., he gets $20 an hour.<p>20 bucks an hour is not bad money for just a few photos
> Of its 173 million shares, about 17% are held by short sellers.<p>Can someone explain to me what this means? that a share is held by a short seller?