It's not that it doesn't have cachet, it has anti-cachet. People of Musk's exact political stripe absolutely are not impressed if you drive a Tesla, and everyo

It's not that it doesn't have cachet, it has anti-cachet. People of Musk's exact political stripe absolutely are not impressed if you drive a Tesla, and everyone else, at minimum, is silently counting it as a character flaw and judgment problem. To top it off, they're not the latest or the greatest EVs available and it's common knowledge at this point. The two metrics that they maximize, range and 0-60, are not really a big factor in day-to-day ownership in the way that a smooth ride and build quality are.