Your article is puzzling to
Your article is puzzling to me. You list various milestones and achievements that Tesla accomplished, yet you count the struggles that Tesla had in growing their car company as various points of losing your trust? All automotive companies have times of struggle, and failed projects as they evolve and try and compete. Quite recently, Chrysler and GM both required federal bailouts to stay in business, and have rebounded. Those companies would have potentially left millions of buyers stranded with lame duck products if their companies had failed...but in the end they didn't. And similarly, the future has not looked better for Tesla than it is today, despite it's past struggles. So it is more valuable to look forward than behind. You may not like the styling, design, or the hype of the Cybertruck, but so far it is looking like it will be another success for Tesla. I would have also foregone the Falcon doors for the Model X, but otherwise it is a very impressive SUV, offering EV range (328 mi) and amazing performance (0-60 in 2.7 sec) that exceeds all of it's similarly priced European competition. And this year we will see the Model Y, which should extend the success of the Model 3 into their more affordable crossover market, providing much of what owners liked in the Model X, but at a far lower price. Tesla is a relatively new automobile manufacturer, and they needed to innovate, promote themselves, and take risks with their technology and products. Many other automakers do not take nearly that many technology, manufacturing and design risks, and you could interpret that as being trustworthy. But then again they are not the automakers that are disrupting the auto industry. Driving innovation and competition. It is far easier to stay on the proven path and not rock the boat. But then things rarely improve, which in my eyes is a worse failure that stretching to achieve lofty goals, and not being 100% successful along the way.