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I get Tesla, it's a controversial company, but Apple?

How many Chinese phone brands do you see sold in the US (Apple stronghold)?

Go in the rest of the world in a phone shop and check out what they have in display (Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, etc).

And this with none of those companies selling in the US (I imagine due to legal reasons such as tariffs or related).

Tesla would be dead in the water actually because its products are shit compared to what’s available today.

They had a massive lead where a sub-Corolla quality build could sell for $60k+ because EV, and squandered it.

Corolla is pretty good.

It’s excellent for its price point! Not so much for the $75-$120k Tesla price tag.

Isn’t Tesla’s price point closer to $40-50k though?

Not the Model S, which was the "early lead" that they squandered