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European car brands (combined) sold more EVs in January-March than Tesla. Also, Nissan was selling more EVs than Tesla for many years. It just doesn't seem that

• babesh 5y ago
  The EU imposes a 10% tariff on imported cars. That makes EU built EVs more competitive within the EU. Tesla is building that Berlin factory to decrease shipping costs and time and also to not have to pay the tariff. Perhaps more interesting is that the more popular EVs in Europe are hatchbacks. Hatchbacks are more popular than sedans in many European countries. Tesla is missing a car to compete in that segment. The current normal of competition between countries is to allow foreign car companies to build factories in their country. I bet that if a country's car industry faces an existential threat, the country will tilt the playing field further in that country's car companies favor. I do not expect that Tesla will be allowed to wipe out other country's car industries. It may be allowed to become the preeminent EV maker (which it already is if you count by market cap). I think that Tesla will need to try to win in other areas: EVs for countries without strong car industries, energy storage, self driving cars, etc...