Tesla's rollercoaster 2018 continues to pack plenty of weirdness and scandal; the latest of course being CEO Elon Musk's ousting as Chairman following his '420' Twitter saga.
But, scrape back some of the negative press, and there are some positives for the American EV manufacturer.
Their production lines appear to have continued to churn out cars are a steady rate. This is evidenced by new American figures collated by electric advocates Inside EVs, that show that the entry-level Model 3 outsold the Toyota Corolla in the US in September.
Nothing to sneeze at, given that the Corolla is as much a juggernaut there as it is in New Zealand.
Click here to watch vision of the Tesla Model 3 undergoing crash testing
But, as production output continues to increase, a large amount of new Teslas are being forced to sit. This has led to curious video footage surfacing online not unlike the video published above.
It shows thousands of Teslas (plenty of them being the Model 3), crammed in an outdoor carpark in Lathrop, California.
That in itself isn't necessarily suspicious by itself, especially considering that Lathrop is barely an hour away from Tesla's production facility in Fremont, California. However, some groups have been speculating that this footage acts as proof that the brand haven't been entirely honest about the authenticity of their positive sales numbers.
A group called the Shorty Air Force are the main sleuthers behind the push for cynicism. They've been recording this overhead drone footage, in an attempt to discredit the company's claims of a successful few months.
For what it's worth, Tesla themselves (via spokesman Dave Arnold) have said that the big parking lots are just "logistics transit hubs" as they prepare cars for shipping. Which of course links to Tesla's other much talked about short-term issue; shipping.
Numerous Model 3 owners have used social media to voice their complaints for lagging delivery times on cars that have been produced.
“Sorry, we’ve gone from production hell to delivery logistics hell,” said Musk in a recent Tweet.
“But this problem is far more tractable. We’re making rapid progress. Should be solved shortly.”
Musk's since Tweeted claims that the problem stems from a lack of an American car transporter shortage, which is something that numerous industry names have questioned ... to put it lightly.