Comment by kibwen
4 days ago
> The Model 3 and Model Y became the highest selling EVs of all time because they were the first below $50K to have long-range and be worth buying.
And then Musk totally abandoned Tesla's original brilliant game plan of using the luxury models to find actual low-cost models (which $50K is not), and completely ceded the future EV market to Chinese companies that understand how to make a better car than Tesla for less money. BYD sells more cars than Tesla.
>to find actual low-cost models (which $50K is not)
Model 3 starts at $37K, and Model Y at $40K.
They are #1 and #2 best-selling EVs of all time! So clearly they are affordable.
>BYD sells more cars than Tesla.
Sure, but only by 20%, and only because it also sells low-cost EVs that have less range than anything Tesla sells.
If you exclude BYD EVs with lower range than any Tesla, Tesla outsells BYD by 50%.
Even if you don't, second place (which Tesla still holds) is really not "completely ceded"!