Is the personal vehicle market much different? Tesla seemed to upset all the incumbents, against what look to me to be similar issues.
I didn’t buy my Tesla as a status symbol, I bought it because of the 0-60 time.
But the Model 3, with 498 horsepower, lets me overtake lumbering trucks on the narrow, winding, hilly, one-lane-in-each-direction road that makes up my commute. In my previous vehicle I could not overtake safely. With the Model 3 I can be in and out of the opposing land quickly without endangering myself or other motorists.