> Who in their right minds realistically expects any organisation to respond to some random journalistic enquiry on a Sunday?

My company did it. Heck, we did it when it was just me and my cofounder answering email. I've worked for multiple companies that had folks who specifically had weekend comms duty, actually. When you reach a certain size this is as normal as having an operations expert on call.

It's... Weird to suggest that it's abnormal to be responsive to press within 24 hours for a company as big as Tesla.