Why Such Combative Reporting on Electric Vehicles?

I know everyone seems to be all worked up about the delays in the production of electric vehicles.  Some even (erroneously) conflate this with a lack of demand, or pessimism about the industry generally. 

Venturebeat notes:

Nissan … initially planned for 200 Leafs to be delivered in December, but then scaled it back to just five Leafs, according to a Nissan dealer VentureBeat spoke to last year. Nissan spokesperson, David Reuters, called the report “patently false” and said that instead, 50 Leafs would be delivered in December with two shipments, one at the start of the month and one at the end. But that didn’t happen either. Instead, the company sold 19 Leafs that month.

First, why say Nissan “sold” (rather than “delivered”)19 Leafs that month?  What’s the agenda here?   

And let’s keep all this in perspective.  We’ve taken a few steps on a very long path — one that, by the time it leads us to our destination, will have replaced a toxic system in which we process 72 million barrels of crude oil per day.  That’s worth a bit of patience — and a bit of support — don’t you think?