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@mekkaokereke @tess

Good point about my viewpoint as a european citizen.

Asia with its overall higher population density and often significant smog problem is naturally an easier market for EVs. It probably also helps that the Chinese never really got much knowledge of how to built an "efficient" ICE, so for them, it makes a lot of sense to avoid a race that they can only lose and instead bet - rightfully - on decadent EU and US manufacturers reacting to slowly to the change, granting them an advantage.

I am pretty certain that while they would never admit it, that the Tesla Shock was what brought classic automotive manufacturers up to speed. They owe Tesla that fighting chance against the chinese storm about to begin.

The Nissan Leaf is certainly interesting, yet somewhat again proves my point:

Even with

- pitiful range
- a cheaped out interior
- the economies of scale of a large manufacturer

it still ended up almost twice as expensive an comparable ICE car.

And I would wager, that few of 👇