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That was a Musk problem. His two lead manufacturing execs quit when he wanted the plant automation installed without the usual factory testing, to cut the time to production in half. It didn't work. For a while, Tesla Fremont had a huge work force working in tents in the parking lot. Cost per car went up and quality went down, but cars came out.

Tesla still seems to have quality problems, and never delivered the promised $30,000 car. Although BYD did.

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Chevy did, with the Bolt.

> Although BYD did

I don't believe this is true, due to the < $30k cars not meeting US safety regulations.

They're meeting the EU regulations and selling the entry level electric for €23k in Germany.

I can't attribute their lack of presence in the US market to them when their cars face a 100% tariff.

Someone from BYD remarked that a current goal is to dominate in the 100+ countries that don't have a domestic auto industry. They can afford to wait out countries with tariff barriers. Meanwhile, BYD has a bus factory in California. Stanford's in-house bus line uses them.

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