I'm really curious to see how Tesla's reputation will change over time. As they scale and have to provide cheaper cars (assuming they want to go after a larger market anyway, which they've publicly stated for over a decade), and have to deal with more customers who are less forgiving than early adopters, and also have to deal with legacy decisions from their early years of cars failing and all of the weird service issues and NDAs and bricking cars that are resold and have to make good on their FSD promise and (I could go on - my point is not to hate Tesla but merely to point out they are still in the early stages of being an adored consumer company because most consumers currently cannot afford them) well, I think Tesla is going to earn a similar reputation as other car manufacturers as time goes on.

Yeah, I know Tesla sells things besides cars. But I think their reputation will be based on things they sell to the public, and I think most people will judge them on their cars.