It really is. I don’t know what kind of electric vehicles you have been using, but the Renault Zoe, Peugeot E-308, and Hyundai IONIQ I’ve been using before Teslas are a PAIN to use and recharge (especially the Peugeot). Tesla still (unfortunately) is years ahead because of the Superchargers. The competition needs to step up.

That’s not a luxury feature, any mid priced gas car is reliable and fine to drive and fill up. Luxury is stuff like built in refrigerator, perfume packages, seat massager, power operated rear seats, etc that are a step up from the basics functionality of a car.

The most obvious example is they have few ways to customize the look of your vehicle. A model S has what 7 colors and 2 kinds of wheels vs 2025 EQS 450 with 18 colors and 6 wheels to choose from. The Bens then has 23 Upholstery options and 4 independent trims and that’s before all the odd option packages.

Tesla used to operate an exclusive charging network which was a premium feature, but they opened that up to other manufacturers.

I drive a BYD. Maybe the EU forced all cars to have the same charger, but I haven't seen a charger yet I didn't manage to charge at.

> Maybe the EU forced all cars to have the same charger

CCS2/Type-2 were adopted as EU standards with enforcement to start this year, although it sounds like it's more of a "the charger must have this, but can have others".