A Tesla was genuinely an exciting car that many wanted. Sure, it lacked polish (and fit and finish were meh) but it was by far the best EV you could get for a l

A Tesla was genuinely an exciting car that many wanted. Sure, it lacked polish (and fit and finish were meh) but it was by far the best EV you could get for a long time. There was also the "other" factor before they were mainstream , or why some rich drive Land Rovers, Mercedes G class and so on, then it was just the hip car in the Bay Area and now everyone is driving them so why bother. Not saying people stopped buying them because of Musk, just that it wasn't necessarily his charisma that used to get people to buy them.