Yeah it might be a ball ache to design a car that supports both driving styles, but all brands with global reach have to deal with it.
The grabbing stick is equivalent to being told "fuck you for living in one of those countries, deal with it." Terrible idea.
Agree the grabbing stick is a joke though.
I wonder how many people commenting here thinks this applies to all Teslas and not just the S and X?
I've driven some really rural narrow roads in my Range Rover and have never encountered a bridge or road I can't use... would be keen to read a source on that bridges thing as it's completely new to me and is failing my sniff test.
However if you stand at the Albert Bridge (which is the one you meant with that width restrictions) you'll see tonnes of LR and RR going through which are wider than that as well as Sprinter vans which are about the same as the X... I can only assume the police take the view that if you fit through the width restriction (which must have some leeway on them as bigger LRs are about 81") they won't bother you...?
2. Teslas are not built in the UK, between the import duties from brexit and the extra strong recession from brexit, I wouldn’t assume it’s a huge market for tesla
3. Same as japan, where teslas are status symbols for people with a lot of money, they sell low-mid thousands a year, which is less than they sell in Norway (a country with 1/20th the population) in a month.
That leaves australia, I’ve no idea what the EV market is over there. Though I would assume range anxiety is pretty major concern, SA, NT, and most of WA (and QLD outside of the coast) seem to have very little coverage on anything but 3-phase in caravan parks.
There is almost never a dearth of people with money. The median income is more telling about the state of a nation.
Don't get me wrong, I'm as remain as the next guy, but it does get a bit hysterical sometimes.
You should've read the article:
> The automaker decided to stop selling Model S and Model X vehicles altogether in some smaller left-hand-drive markets, like Australia, Singapore, and Thailand, and started offering right-hand-drive vehicles in bigger markets, like in the UK.
It's a "bigger market" for them, and not so small they could write it off completely.
That said, I'm more interested in why it's not illegal to intentionally sell brand new cars with the wrong handedness, in any country. There are several manoeuvres that become dangerous when you can't see properly due to being on the wrong side of the car.
And a physical one.
I reckon because cars are a very popular hobby, especially if you're rich and you really want to have a car which is made for another market. I don't think there's anything wrong with that: it's more dangerous, but they make up such a small percentage of cars on the road that it's not worth spending legislative and political capital on.
Just bite the bullet, switch, feel the pain, but then, feel that sweet sweet relieve.