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Re:One in four 2020 Tesla Model 3 failed the Danish periodic... by rsynnott on Monday January 27, 2025 @05:36AM (#42839527)
> Mostly because our number one car is not a truck and thus the competition had to react and build EVs to compete against Tesla.

I mean, it wasn't even really reactive; the Leaf and Zoe came out at about the same time as the Tesla Model S, and weren't competing with it (they were well under half the price). They were quite old news by the time the Model 3 launched. The VW eGolf and BMW i3 also predate affordable (sub-100k) Tesla cars being available, at least in Europe.

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Re:One in four 2020 Tesla Model 3 failed the Danish periodic... by prmoustache on Monday January 27, 2025 @07:10AM (#42840276)
True. I think even before that the Mitsubishi iMiev and its peugeot/citroën counterparts predated the Model S and outsold it in the early years.
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