By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) -Hedge funds took the most bets against auto companies Tesla, Ford, and communications company Charter Communications in the United States last year, a report by data firm Hazeltree said on Thursday. A short bet expects a company’s stock price to decline. These three firms, the most shorted U.S. large cap stocks, also featured in the top three spots in 2022, though the number of funds betting against Ford was lower in 2023, Hazeltree said. It did not give the size of the short bets. In terms of industry sectors, tech firms attracted the most short positions i…