[rcdemski]

Again, politics aside, I just find the lineup boring. Every model outside the Cybertruck looks like a ten year old car. Even the refresh of the model Y is still reskinning a design language started with the Model S, but with any interesting soul stripped out to reduce cost.

The nerd in me loves the technology, particularly behind the scenes features of the Cybertruck like 48v architecture. In the end I want to drive something that feels like it has a soul and substance. Teslas lineup right now is not that.

[Fomite]

This. None of them make me go "Damn, that's a good looking car..." any more than a number of others.

The Cybertruck is just am embarrassment, design wise.

[hyperadvanced]

OTOH, Cybertruck is one of the only original car designs in modern memory. It’s dumb as hell, but I like it. That said, I have no idea who it’s for, I wouldn’t buy one. But I respect them for designing such a ridiculous vehicle, and for it actually being able to sell, albeit somewhat poorly compared to expectations.

I say all of this as a recent $TSLA bear with a healthy short position.

[protocolture]

Honestly I really think the winning move for the 80% of the market that isnt already in an electric is "This is your current car, but electric".

[stirfish]

I wonder if the politics will impact the designs in the long run, as Tesla becomes a less desirable place to work

[dzhiurgis]

If you buy car for looks this forum is not for you.

[jerlam]

If Teslas were durable, built well, easily repairable, with strong aftermarket support, I would applaud them for sticking with the same bland design instead of endlessly tweaking it like every other car and tech company in a misguided effort to stay "fresh". However the opposite has occurred where Teslas appear to be bland, poorly made, and unrepairable.

[rayiner]

My wife thinks they all look like jellybeans. Tesla makes them like that to maximize efficiency, and they’re still #1 on that metric, but people don’t care about that.

[SoftTalker]

All cars made in the last 20 years look like that. It’s wind tunnel design, there’s only one optimal overall shape that a car can have.

[dragontamer]

The new Prius has a similar coefficient of drag as a Tesla Model 3 but the Prius manages to look a LOT better.

[radpanda]

My understanding is that the Lucid Air Pure is more efficient than Tesla’s offerings, but yes, Teslas have tended to be more efficient than compliance BEVs and a lot of other efforts from legacy automakers.

[tromp]

With a coefficient of 0.219, they're not even in the top 10 on that metric. China seems to be making the most aerodynamic cars now:

0.191 Dongfeng Xinghai S7

0.194 XPeng Mona M03

0.195 Xiaomi SU7 Pro

0.197 Lucid Air Pure

I'm looking forward to the Mona coming to Europe next year https://cnevpost.com/2025/09/09/xpeng-launch-mona-series-eur...

[DoesntMatter22]

I don't know the model y is the best selling car in the world so it seems like it worked pretty well

[lotsofpulp]

Toyota has done quite well by maximizing efficiency.