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A hybrid is an electric car with extra parts so I'm not sure why including them would be unfair to Tesla either?

(Weight is a factor but lots of electric cars are similar weight to lots of hybrid cars so it's something to keep in mind no matter what and not a particular reason to exclude hybrids.)

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The only point I'm trying to make is you need to compare apples to apples, and if you don't that contributes to misinformation. People run with figures from articles and press releases as if they are gold standard info, but often they are not. It's irrelevant to my point whether that is more or less fair to Tesla.

It's not misinformation if a criticism understates things a bit. The direction matters.

If misuse of statistics gets a pass due to the direction of travel that doesn't help anyone decipher future misuse of information.

I would not usually call it misuse when someone uses an overly generic statistic that somewhat weakens their point. It's closer to giving benefit of the doubt.

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