In what sense is this even a ‘Tesla rival’, other than the fact that it will be electric? You might as well call a Golf an F-150 competitor.
The VW ID supposedly has up to 372 mile range according to that site.
In the clickbait sense.
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It's not a great car, particularly as it's an adaptation of a gas car platform rather than a redesign, but it exists.
Once the supply side of batteries is resolved then any car manufacturer can easily make electric vehicles. Most already have. They're incredibly simpler than ICE vehicles.
Overall, "anyone can make an electric car" is bad for the incumbents. China has hundreds of electric car companies turning out surprisingly decent vehicles that are probably good enough for most of the world. The vacuum company Dyson is getting into electric cars.
Everything but the powertrain (including almost all of the safety technology from seats and airbags to sensors and driver assistance) is available from suppliers, so it really isn't out of the question for more new brands to disrupt the industry.
How could others have it easier then? Maybe because those Chinese cars could never be on a road in the West, because they're dangerous and untested?
There's no chance in hell China is ever going to release a car that people will trust/forced to trust outside of China. That would mean actual due diligence, not chabuduo. Especially, not after they put ecstacy in lego.
Xi should ditch the "2020 made in china", create a whole new country to label manufacturer label, "Made in Xina"
Xina? Hey I'll take it over "Made in China" because I'm a dumb ass consumer who has never seen Google Maps before.
Sure it might be a long shot but Tesla was a long shot too. Everyone was super enthusiastic.
In 2007 same could be said about Nokia vs Apple.