There's learning, and there's learning.
If I explain someone what an electric fence is, they will likely believe me, unless someone else tells them electric fences aren't really that bad or are made up, etc.
If they touch the electric fence, they've learned in a way that no words can convince them otherwise. They've experienced it firsthand.
Americans are going to learn the hard way.
Tesla's stock price is still up over 50% year on year, using year to date is quite misleading.
There was a colossal spike in the share price, this is just them returning to baseline.