Comment by heaney-555

>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"!