Tesla's sales last quarter were the result of the US ending subsidies, so record sales and decreases outside of the US aren't mutually exclusive facts.

> basis for an SEC investigation

That is funny. Of all the things Tesla should be under investigation their sales in Germany won't make top-100 list.

I am referring to their dramatic reduction in sales and market share loss in all European markets...and struggling in China...while reporting record deliveries. Fairy tales or creative reporting?

the sales surged in the US due to tax credit expiration

You are repeating unproven claims repeated by badly paid US financial analysts mostly at CNBC. If that is true, it would show on up on vehicle registration, specially in California their largest market...but it does not...

In California, that is Tesla biggest U.S. market, registrations fell 9.4% in Q3 and are down 15.1% YTD. If there were a big U.S. rush, you’d expect CA to pop, it did not.

Also looking at this whole thread, the selective downvote of my comments by Tesla sycophants shows I am on to something...

Tesla can say anything as being "commercial puffery".