He may have been confused because it’s a dumb statistic. In good faith he probably assumed that the above post implied that Tesla was in some way leading other

He may have been confused because it’s a dumb statistic. In good faith he probably assumed that the above post implied that Tesla was in some way leading other manufacturers, rather than Tesla having the single best selling model while massively underperforming in sales compared to other manufacturers that have had the bright idea of offering many different models of car.