This is true. I had not noticed this. I wonder if 18” wheels will be options for us who wish to have premium AWD but with the aero/range benefits of the 18” Aeros.
You would have a better clue about that than the rest of us. I would think not, though - it appears each trim level has its own unique characteristic wheel styling.
Tesla is 10 years ahead in battery chemistry and electronics and has had multiple generations of each with many more to come. Tesla's culture is based on continuous improvement for the sake of providing the very best product first and where what little competition barely exists at all is a very far off 2nd concern (Porsche's so-called "Tesla killer' Taycan is an embarrassing bust in range, showing their utter lack of battery development - every time the industry labels something as a "Tesla killer" it shows how far behind their own engineering is and how large their ego is).
That may be true on a pure calendar basis, but I think the actual gap is a lot smaller (albeit not insignificant) because they each started at different points. Ford (LG Chem, actually) started at a point that's probably 50%-75% of the way into Tesla's development curve. They've already learned a lot from Tesla (and others). At this point, I'd say they're probably more like 2-3 years behind Tesla in actual product evolution. (But that's just purely my speculation.)
@LYTMCQ what’s this with the car wash?
