Comment on Elon Musk demands another huge payday from Tesla

• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In the world, but not in most western nations.

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  • sir_reginald@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They downvote you because that’s a very western-centric vision.

    Additionally, a car manufacturer in one of your western nations, Volkswagen, is also one of the top EV manufacturers.

    And nearly every other manufacturer like Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes and Ford are now making EVs too. So it’s not like there’s a shortage of non-Tesla EVs in the western.

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      All I’m saying that #1 is relative with car brands.

      In Europe and the Americas, the Model Y is still king. By you’re right, VW group is catching up.

      Right now BYD is killing it because they’re affordable and a brand that centered in the world’s largest auto market. Outside of China, BYDs numbers are very very different.

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      • stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What makes the Y “king”?

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      • KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If BYD was available in the US (and i’m certain BYD is looking into how to get here, probably the same trick Renault tried with Saturn and ultimately Mitsubishi) they would probably saturate the market, because at the very least, they’re affordable. Nobody in Detroit or Wolfsburg will make a cheap EV because Tesla spooked the market into being a luxury thing.

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      • jflorez@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In Australia BYDs sell like hotcakes

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    • fosforus@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Volkswagen EVs are pretty crap though. Teslas are way above them even if VW is catching up.

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