I suggest reading the actual report linked in the article. You don't need to change the amount of total visa numbers. Tesla has requested over 3% of the total allocation, around 2000 visas. These are typically decided by lottery but I imagine a friend in high places can make sure that lottery leans more your way then it originally would.
I think that’s a stretch. There’s several companies that participate in a lottery. Several large players. This is like claims that say “illegal immigrants are being given citizenship to vote”.