Re conservative styling: this seems to have been a business-driven decision. I think they wanted to tap into a different market with this product. Traditional truck buyers probably weren't projected to switch over to EV at a significant rate, and so instead they tried to appeal to a different set of people (like for instance, the Apple / Patagonia types
). I mean if someone was going to buy a Raptor, I'd have trouble imagining them cross-shopping an R1T no matter what it looked like
Re fit / finish: on a purely anecdotal level (i.e. this is my opinion across a very low sample size), it's about on par with Tesla. If you're willing to accept that, then you'd accept this. Just looking at the UX design and overall engineering, it's pretty plain to see they poached a lot of talent from Tesla
