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I don't think Tesla is necessarily in crisis, but Musk's behaviour definitely has some impact on the trust people have in his company. It's still a big car brand obviously, but to a lot of people, Tesla isn't as cool anymore. Backpedaling on promises isn't going to help.

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Well it’s that + they’ve never had a big exterior design overhaul for their vehicles. So they’ve been pretty much selling the same cars for 10 years now.

Eventually it gets old when everyone has the same looking car.

To be perfectly honest, I think most cars these days look the same. It seems like there's only a handful of designs that most car makers tend to stick to, with only minor variations.

Was going to say this too. Compared to 40 years ago, car designs are not very diverse. I suppose because there is an optimal aerodynamic shape for each class of car, and we are converging on that.

Hyundai and Rivian both have really interesting and atypical design. There are also some very interesting designs in the microcar segment where aerodynamics don't matter as much.

That's true. The Ioniq for example looks so different in each iteration.

I agree in general, but what about the cybertruck? Probably the most radical design of a production car in a long time.

This is true, but have any buyers taken delivery? Do they know when they'll be able to?

Right, there has been no production yet. Last I heard they will start shipping Q3 this year (but I doubt it).

Which is good environmentally - cheaper to produce, less bugs, cheaper maintenance.

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