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So as long as you think China's production methods are morally fine, and don't mind them being in control of your car's software, pick BYD
They're mostly too expensive because they're rare
HW4 Tesla stopped before the painting of a road https://futurism.com/someone-else-tested-tesla-crash-wall-pa...
I'm not sure the 20% cost reduction is for a new thing, as they were talking about the difficulty of making a 20% cost reduction to all their cars just as standard practice recently
Point is ever car has loads of recalls, some don't get clicks so aren't reported much
From that same earnings call "We are still on track to launch a more affordable model in the first half of 2025 and will continue to expand our lineup from there."
https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2025/01/29/te...
Rivian's spin off to licence their OS may end up being the Android of cars to Tesla's iOS