I believe there's still knowledgeable E-Bike Folk who prefer geared hub motors over non geared for these reasons- Geared motors dont need hall sensors which = simplified controllers, the motor is smaller more compact looks like less of an E-bike & more like a regular bicycle, longer spokes can be installed on smaller hub motor = less breakage & stronger wheel. One of the drawbacks of the geared motors from my understanding is they make a little noise some worse then others. I'm leaning towards a geared hub motor my next build. But as someone mentioned the comparison between a Tesla's & an E-Bike is truly apples to Oranges IMHO.