Sure does not help, that so much of our competition, seems to be asleep.
BYD busses sucked so bad Albuquerque’s ultra liberal mayor sent them back.
There is no “competition” with respect to electric “cars”. Places like the EUSSR are trying to force them on an unwilling public, and they’ve enlisted Red China’s help.
They would never pass US regulations to be sold here unless they bribe the gov’t officials (which I'm sure they will do).
Musk praises China more than America, sets up shop in China, China copied lots of his tech and now he complains of Chinese imports.
Almost like that was the plan all along.
Our people are not asleep, they are grabbing stuff as if there was no tomorrow. Ask the UAW.
The motor vehicle trade needs to be internationally balanced as per the US/Canadian method of my youth.
Here is the irony...... Tesla builds a better EV and in theory you could replace the battery 2-3 times getting 300k miles or more from the vehicle.
However, with the current cost of replacement batteries AND the subsidies and tax breaks for purchasing a new EV they have effectively made them “disposable vehicles”. Drive it until the battery dies and just buy a new one for a few thousand more than replacing the battery.
The cost and inconvenience of public charging is also erasing the operating cost savings for those who cannot charge at home in their own garage or dedicated parking space.
In that kind of market, BYD, which are lower quality but cheaper, will be quite competitive. China also has room to subsidize their products since they make the batteries.
The EV market is very distorted right now and the green energy policies of our leaders are making it even worse as an increasing amount of batteries are diverted for grid energy storage systems and insurance companies are realizing that any damage to the vehicle will likely require battery replacement.
“Sure does not help, that so much of our competition, seems to be asleep.”
It’s partly a case of companies resting on their (perceived) laurels (and protectionism), but it’s also a matter of quantities and qualities of people.
50 years ago, even the thought of anything made in Japan being as good or better than a US product (except Sony products and fine optics) was hilarious. Then, 30 years ago, not so funny.
The comparisons between US STEM graduate numbers and Chinese graduate numbers are very, very disturbing.
But I don't know how independent it is of his other projects.
The U.S. and China can take their EV’s and shove them up their bum.
Like everything else, EVs are subject to the laws of thermodynamics. And because of those laws, EVs are not efficient compared to the old internal combustion engine.
“...they will pretty much demolish most other car companies in the world...”
I have no problem with destroying the EV-crap market. I’ll be driving my ICE, happily.
That could be true if there were enough people that actually wanted an EV.
Seems to me it all boils down to installed battery quality and reliability, the charging system and whether the company is big enough to weather some HUGE liability lawsuit.