I think it was in a comment thread here that there was some debate about Tesla and novelty, and someone noted that Tesla didn't actually design the cars but lic

I think it was in a comment thread here that there was some debate about Tesla and novelty, and someone noted that Tesla didn't actually design the cars but licensed the body designs from Lotus. (All of this was in the context of some "does Elon Musk actually deserve credit" debate.) Some Tesla/Musk fans replied that it probably didn't even help them get to market faster, and now that Tesla was FINALLY using their own design for the Cybertruck they could really create a vehicle that was fully met the electric vehicle and Tesla's potential. I kind of bookmarked that discussion in my mind, the notion that the Cybertruck represents a new design process, a kind of unleashing of the process, and perhaps represents a fully Elon Musk version of Tesla. The result has not disappointed! Without using conventional body designs as the basis of this new vehicle they've instead made bizarre and cringy choices that can't be justified aesthetically or functionally. I honestly thought the original Cybertruck design was just going to be a placeholder to attract attention before they made something reasonable... and without Musk maybe it would have been. Everyone else didn't come upon the conventional designs by accident; there's a lot of hubris in making such a big change, especially since it's not a meaningful part of Tesla's unique value.