I don’t think that’s very likely simply because the media reports far far more on Tesla vis a vis Elon and EV tech in general simply because it’s new and has things worth reporting on.
You’re absolutely right that Tesla stans have a persecution complex and it’s not at all unexpected because you take the literal years of the Tesla evangelism strike force, and “Tesla Face” where any and all criticism of EVs not being a solution for every driver and Tesla not being gods gift to the car industry and, and Elon not being EV Jesus breaker of business models met with dogpiling by Tesla stans that would make kpop and mcr fans blush. It follows the formula exactly that today with Elon making an ass of himself publicly on the regular and the reality of the actual cars being just kinda fine that the internet is having its moment of having a laugh at their expense which would put any fan on the defensive.
Tesla is going through all the normal obsessive fandom phases like you would expect from 14 year old girls in 2014 on Tumblr obsessed with Dr. Who. It has almost nothing at all to do with the cars.
It’s not anti-Tesla it’s anti sustainable energy.
One of the books Elon most frequently recommends (and I mean very frequently… if this is the first you’re hearing of it, that’s kind of a red flag that you don’t know your topic!) is Merchants of Doubt, which is about how massive corporate interests (on scales that dwarf Tesla… think big tobacco and big oil) historically have funded biased and ethically compromised research and journalism to advance their agendas (as well as, of course, lobbying, no surprise there). I don’t know if big oil and big your-dad’s-auto are doing this now, but the motivation is there, so it’s a fair bet that they are. And then there are short sellers. And then individuals who have to rationalize their purchase of a $70,000 gas Audi because nicer leather.
But yeah I agree Tesla is going through obsessive fandom phases.
The #2 and #3 holders of Tesla stock are
The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index (VTSAX)
and
The Vanguard 500 Index Fund (VFIAX)
...so it's safe to say that all sorts of people are interested in Tesla stock.