Comment by rsynnott

> Without which we wouldn't have any EVs in the West, and globally be years behind where we are in EV adoption.

... Eh? The very successful Nissan Leaf (for quite a long time the best-selling electric car in the world) came out the year after the Tesla Roadster. The Renault Zoe (again, quite successful) came out about a year after that, if you're really hung up on the 'west' thing.