Economically and technologically the gap has not closed. They’re the only major car company making EVs profitably (with Kia being the only other as far as I know), and their tech is way ahead of competitors.

Customer service and quality are not great though; definitely a symptom of inflation and cost cutting. Bitcoin could fix that, and allow for more innovation. Then they would just need to open up the software controls, but who knows if that’ll ever happen…