Over the past 6 months the US stock market seems to have completely forgotten about just how far ahead Tesla is in the race to dominate EVs compared to other American car stocks such as Ford and General Motors. But in January Tesla had an opportunity to remind everyone that it is the number one US EV brand, and clawed back an increase of some 50% to its stock price during January, as its quarterly numbers showed that it has lost none of its ability to surprise. Sales volumes were up again, with Tesla saying in early January that it had built 439,701 cars in Q4 2022, which pretty much put paid to the concerns over its temporary Chinese plant…