It probably helps a lot that those Chinese companies have Right-Hand-Drive models, while Tesla abandoned it in at least their X and S models. The societal backlash is also bad - my doctor recently told me his colleague found his Tesla covered in red paint one morning.
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It has been 30 years since the GM EV1. The electric vehicle has finally reached a tipping point.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%...
I remember seeing a red one parked daily somewhere on campus at Georgia Tech back in 96.
In the UK:
Jaecoo and Omoda (!)
I had indeed never heard of them. https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-sales-uk-overtaken-chi...
this prob didn't help https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/activists-place...
It probably helps a lot that those Chinese companies have Right-Hand-Drive models, while Tesla abandoned it in at least their X and S models. The societal backlash is also bad - my doctor recently told me his colleague found his Tesla covered in red paint one morning.