Tesla faces a number of challenges in Europe including continued intense competition and brand damage from Elon Musk's political involvement.

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New European car registrations of Tesla vehicles totaled 8,837 in July, down 40% year-on-year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, or ACEA.

BYD recorded 13,503 new registrations in July, up 225% annually.

Elon Musk’s automaker faces a number of challenges in Europe, including intense ongoing competition and reputational damage to the brand.

    • Corn@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      7 days ago

      I want to like chinese EVs so much, but they put in so many novelties that look like points of failure in 10 years

      I just want the electric equivalent of like a miata; reasonably cheap, fun to drive, and trivial to maintain for decades.

      • icelimit@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        6 days ago

        I just want a super sized RC car with good suspension.

        When the battery runs flat I want to pull up to a battery station and pop off the two ZZ dry cells from the trunk and pop two new ones in for a dollar and go back at it.

        • Corn@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          6 days ago

          Batteries are heavy, you’re looking at .5-1 tons of Li-ion batteries. A number of companies are doing battery swap though it doesn’t seem to be catching on.

          If mass production of solid cell batteries works, that could be lowered to 5 40 lb batteries.