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How Tesla blew its lead. (restofworld.org)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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BYD took the global EV crown. Now Chinese rivals and local startups are taking over emerging markets.

  • Tesla’s sales are dropping globally, with political headwinds and fierce EV rivals throwing up challenges.
  • New frontiers beckon, but Tesla faces a showdown with savvy local and Chinese competitors vying for dominance.
  • Pricing battles and rapid innovation are putting Tesla to the test, demanding a strategic jolt to regain its edge.
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The problem is that Chinese EVs builder are heavily subsidized from the state and Tesla not (or not to that amount). Also a Tesla has a tag price that put it in the medium-high range, and it is obvious that the biggest market is for low-medium range priced car.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Eh. Both received subsidies. No one is a saint

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Sure, but the scale is way different.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree.
The point is how much subsidies they receive. Chinese automakers seems to get way more (up to 30% if not more of the cost) than Tesla. That way it is easy to win on competitors.

BTW, the 30% is not a personal educated guest, it is the estimated figure given by a very trustworthy economic journal which did an investigation and discovered that that some chinese automaker could probably absorb a 30% tariffs without changing the selling price.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Got a link to the journal?