> There is no other way to spin a $100K car being the #3 overall EV vehicle of any type other than a success, especially given that
they have the US government block competition
they have the US government block competition
Welcome to reality.
>Only from China. Non-communist non-dumping, friendly states are welcome to compete.
>50% of Telsas are made in China. China built Teslas are noticeably better built, too.
Please explain how your comment relates to mine, because I see no connection.
In that case our tarrifs are just protectionism, is what.
Excellent, then they won't have an issue with losing their export markets to tariffs, because they can just sell their EVs to the "insatiable demand" of the local consumers.
>what if China is undercutting us because their cars are just better
Price/performance they ARE better, China can produce cheaper because of their years of (government aided) investments and economies of scale. Of course, we aren't obligated to buy from belligerent states engaging in strategic mercantilism producing the goods of the future. We aren't obligated to prop up the Chinese export-oriented economic model in pursuit of one generation of cheap EV cars.
that’s what happened but the point in discussion here is why Tesla does not have competition in the US and the answer is simple
Protectionism doesn't work, because you can block them from selling in your country's market, but you can't block them from selling to every other country in the planet. Meanwhile, tarrifing their cars will be as effective in helping domestic industry drop prices as it was for Harley Davidson since the 1970s (who received "temporary" protectionism).
This isn't a result of some evil communist plot, China just had their shit together 10-20 years ago and are reaping the rewards.
Protectionism can be done well, but blindly applying it is dangerous and stupid.