Tesla loses ground as Chinese EVs dominate global markets

Re:Tesla loses ground as Chinese EVs dominate global markets by numpad0 on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @10:24AM (#43412423)

Do anyone know why American brands never seem to agree to slim down cars by ~15% for export sales? IIUC, excessive width universal to every American cars including all Tesla models was always a massive detrimental factor outside US for past ~50 years.

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Re:Tesla loses ground as Chinese EVs dominate global markets by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @03:49PM (#43416514)

Cars aren't like iPhones, and shipping cars across oceans really only makes sense for luxury vehicles, which is the real reason why Chinese cars aren't available in the U.S. yet.

Most non-luxury foreign cars available for sale in the U.S. are actually assembled in factories in Mexico or the United States.

If Ford wanted to sell cars to the E.U. (competitively), they'd design smaller models and manufacture them in Europe. If BYD wants to sell cars in the U.S., they'll built out a plant in Mexico.

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Re:Tesla loses ground as Chinese EVs dominate global markets by IshKebab on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @04:44PM (#43417125)

Ford does sell cars in the EU. They're an extremely popular brand in the UK. They just sell normal sized cars, not F150s.

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Re:Tesla loses ground as Chinese EVs dominate global markets by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @04:59PM (#43417270)

Then the comment I was replying to was incorrect.

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Re:Tesla loses ground as Chinese EVs dominate global markets by SauciestGNU on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @06:25PM (#43417888)

It's also kind of interesting, the Euro Ford focus had a a lot of Volvo tech iirc. And the Ka isn't sold in the US at all, but it's a very cool car.

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