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Do a lot of $50,000+ cars get sold in third world countries? I'm not sure those markets are a priority for Tesla.

• sudhirj 5y ago
  Would seem that way, but yeah. A car affordable to 10% of a 100 million people and 1% of a billion people is the same market size.
• michaelt 5y ago
  The UK has a Tesla charging network, but it's very sparse in places [1] - if you're in Peterborough the nearest Tesla charger is 40 minutes drive away. A bunch of other networks have chargers that are much closer. I suppose you could argue the UK is a third world country, of course :) [1] https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/trips https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/trips
  • dahfizz 5y ago
    The UK is also tiny. You don't need superchargers in every neighborhood, because people charge the cars at home. There are ample superchargers to get you anywhere in the UK you would want to go.
• fakedang 5y ago
  The district in India where my grandmother was from was the poorest in that state, and one of the poorest in India overall. In the span of the past 20 years (one generational transition), that district has transformed into one of the more affluent districts in the state, as well as the biggest car market in the country, especially for luxury cars such as BMW, Mercedes, Jeep and Range Rover. And also 0.1% of Indians or Africans is still 1 million potential customers or 300k cars sold potentially. Or $15B each market. So yeah, it makes sense to pay attention to the third world too.