Reminds me of the situation in Canada[1], which was due mostly to a government subsidy being phased out but certainly also in part "personality driven". In general it seems like local subsidies are a huge driver of the global EV market share [2] - one hopes that the EV market will be able to stand on it's own one day and on it's own merits the technology will reach price parity with fossil fuels.

[1] https://www.thestar.com/business/tesla-sales-are-down-but-it... [2] https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2024/trends-in...