Just imagine if there wasn't a crazy tariff on Chinese cars the figure would be even lower. BYD are making some great cars
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BYDs are everywhere now in Australia. Not sure what alternative brands are available in the US, is it just Rivian?
Rivian & the 2 or 3 models the big manufacturers have. I see way more hybrids than full electrics in my area.
These guys are FAKE NEWS and Need to be DEPORTED for Hurting ELON MUSKS FEELINGS!
It's crazy that one manufacturer being below 50% market share is news.
They had near 100% EV market share just a few years back.
Losing half the market in 3-4 years is a huge change for any company, even if some of it was inevitable as rivals caught up and suprassed their offerings.
At some point prices will get so low that it'll make sense to buy a Tesla and rework the body so no one knows it's a Tesla.
Doing that will probably make it near impossible to get serviced, though.
If you can buy a Tesla cheap enough the usable parts, such as batteries and motors, can be moved to a different frame or vehicle. Even an ICE vehicle that you'd like to electrify. It's all just parts.
I like the way you think. When Tesla tanks and gets sold off for pennies, could you please start a Tesla Conversion business? I'd like to have a useful EV pickup that can carry a slide-in truck camper. I don't need any of that self-driving shit or connections to the Cloud or giant touch screens. Just pedals, gauges, levers, buttons, and a steering wheel.
There are some companies working on electric crate engines for conversion, I forget the names but they should be ready sometime soon
🖕Tesla
The Bay Area is probably the only thing keeping that company alive. Every stoplight you pull up to there has at least a couple Teslas
I see a cyber truck almost every day. It makes no sense. They aren't even like the same one.
Even in iowa you see them all over. There are so many drivers any car make other than the most exclusive will be seen soon if you fixate on it (read look).
Stastics show tesla is a tiny brand by market share. However they are wer the only ev brand until reciently so people focus on them.
And that’s really the only reason I have one - it was the only long range electric car available when I bought it. Now I would choose any of the many other options first.
I know a lot of people who bought teslas before musk became a full blown oligarch and feel uncomfortable about it
...and even those are likely pre-ElonSeigHeil purchases.
Womp womp.
Good.