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  its an EV. Body styles cant really improve unless you figure out how to make your fresh new look have a lower drag coefficent. The rounder the better, but that sacrifices cabin space which people will not like, or you sacrifice drag CF but then range goes down. You might enjoy the Mach-E, but its got a .28 vs a .23. Like the looks of that VW ID.4? Well you are back to that .28
  Go the other direction and you end up with the best in the world, which is the Mercedes EQS at .20. But have fun and get drunk one day and look at it compared to a model 3, they look the same with the EQS just a bit sleeker.
context: The world's most valuable automaker delivered 405,278 vehicles in the last three months of the year, compared with Wall Street expectations of 431,117 vehicles, according to Refinitiv data. >
  
  Turns out appealing to righties who probably can't afford your cars isn't a smart idea. >
  
  How do you roll coal in an EV? Put fans and streamers on a light bar? >
  
  Put a big tesla coil on it which shoots out massive arcs of electricity. >
  
  delete this. someone will fucking try it. >
  
  reporting in. >
  
  There are noticeable shifts in the EV market. 
  Over the last year, I’ve been seeing more and more non-Tesla EVs on the road. Rivian, given the Amazon connection, isn’t that surprising as I’m in Seattle. 
  But the Hyundai Ioniq is popping up everywhere in my neighborhood. Polestars are also becoming more common. I’m also seeing so many Subaru Crosstrek Hybrids and Prius Primes. 
  Two years ago, it was all Teslas. But true competition is finally here and it’s going to be a brutally tough next few years as the EV market becomes more saturated with choice. In many ways, Tesla is facing the same trajectory as Netflix. Huge success as a first mover with massive growth expectations but then crushing reality as the core differentiator of your business becomes commonplace. >
  
  You are completely correct. Once competition is introduced, you have a bunch of whiny first movers. Don't like competition, then fold and die as a company. If you can't innovate past your new competition, or at least keep up, well, you're a dinosaur of a company and will be left behind to flounder. >
  
  And the current Tesla body style looks dated. A 2007 Mazda-inspired looking car isn't appealing.