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Vehicles sold by price and region is useful. Total # of vehicles sold is not. How many sold inside/outside of China? To put it gently, EV sales in China have ha
by rossjudson 3y ago
Vehicles sold by price and region is useful. Total # of vehicles sold is not. How many sold inside/outside of China? To put it gently, EV sales in China have had an additional boost from the government (which, btw, I think is good for the planet).
The newer BYD vehicles are more comparable to Tesla (and other manufacturers), but there's a long, long way to go before they prove themselves more than a manufacturer of cheap cars.
Tesla has never been a manufacturer of cheap cars. More recently, it has become a manufacturer of good ones.
The fundamentally simpler nature of EVs means they're rolling software platforms, and the software matters a great deal. Tesla has gotten good at the software side of the equation, and are arguably ahead of pretty much everything else.
- christkv 3y agoI would not trust any sales numbers from the Chinese internal market as they have a long history of faking them for various reasons. This includes doing things like registering the car (counting as sale) and then just parking them on a lot. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevetengler/2023/07/19/the-three-legends-or-lies-of-electric-vehicles/?sh=3b94611d591b https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevetengler/2023/07/19/the-thr...