"These electric cars that Tesla produces have amazing reliability."
This is an outright falsehood. They produce poorly engineered vehicles Frankenstein'ed from other automakers parts, because they can't machine their own accurately. They use a Mercedes steering column.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/25/tesla-employees-say-gigafactory-problems-worse-than-known.html
http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/9085/why-is-teslas-quality-control-still-so-poor
http://fortune.com/2017/10/30/tesla-model-s-quality-problems-review/
On and on and on.
RE: Elon Musk Gets Largest CEO Pay Package (Ever?) For Running Tesla Into Ground