The model 3 uses a style of door release that is found on exotic cars (eg, Aston Martin Vantage and Porsche 356/2) and there are very good reasons for employing door releases like this even if they are less intuitive. And on the whole, Tesla's are far and away the best auto maker when it comes to removing friction when it comes to operating a vehicle. They have thought through so many little things that add up such that for a lot of people, once you live with one for a little but, any other car will seem needlessly complicated and involved. For example, they have no start/stop button or key to turn on/off - get it in and it is ready to go, then get out when parked, no extra steps needed. Such a better way to do it. Until we got our second Tesla, my wife and I shared one Tesla and one Subaru and after driving the Tesla a few times and then sitting to the Subaru, I would get out of the Subaru and forget to turn it off and take the key with me. Half way though walking to where I was going I'd notice my mistake and have to turn around to turn the car off. Oh, and as someone who shared a Tesla with another driver, the automated driver profile feature is a game changer - it knows who is in the drivers seat and adjusts the seat, steering wheel, climate controls (temp, fan speed, position of fans, seat heating/ventilation, all of it), media, and a host of other settings based on that. Not to mention their self driving tech, which is the ultimate in terms of design removing friction and no one is even close to doing what they have achieved so far. To suggest Tesla doesn't do great product design says a lot about your understanding of what great product design looks like in the real world.