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> Mostly because our number one car is not a truck and thus the competition had to react and build EVs to compete against Tesla. I mean, it wasn't even really
by rsynnott 2y ago
> Mostly because our number one car is not a truck and thus the competition had to react and build EVs to compete against Tesla.
I mean, it wasn't even really reactive; the Leaf and Zoe came out at about the same time as the Tesla Model S, and weren't competing with it (they were well under half the price). They were quite old news by the time the Model 3 launched. The VW eGolf and BMW i3 also predate affordable (sub-100k) Tesla cars being available, at least in Europe.
- prmoustache 2y agoTrue. I think even before that the Mitsubishi iMiev and its peugeot/citroën counterparts predated the Model S and outsold it in the early years.