Pretty much exactly this. I want an autonomous car. I want an electric car. I want an electric car with an extensive charger network. I want fancy doodads in the cockpit. Teslas tick off all the boxes here, and... really no one else is close.

If it was the choice between Musk's offering and a car from a bland manufacturer without an asshole at the helm that still did everything the Tesla did? Sure, I'd drive the Mercedes or Cadillac or whatever. But there just is no such car. What I want is a Tesla, period.

> If it was the choice between Musk's offering and a car from a bland manufacturer without an asshole at the helm that still did everything the Tesla did?

I think most people know what Elon Musk is like. He promises a lot. He delivers a lot too. But his promises are always optimistic and running ahead of delivery. That's especially true on timelines, but true on other matters like functions or capabilities as well. I think most people take that into account when processing his statements, and mentally subtract some of the over-optimism from them.

I suppose another way to phrase that is that for anyone who considers the lies to be fairly benign and easily excuses them as brash optimism, there probably isn’t a better product on the market for them.

A Tesla is better than a BMW? In what ways? Certainly can't be the interior.

Powertrain, drivetrain, efficiency, ADAS, software UX. You do have a good point about the interior though. BMW wins at service too.

They have the best electric drivetrain and are pretty bad for everything else.