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It's amazing how many people out there pretend that they believe that Tesla is the only EV, or the best one, or the best value for money, or the best EV for the environment, and that boycotting Tesla would be some kind of hypocrisy if you believe in humanity's objective not to destroy our habitat.

In the US market, two Tesla models are the most popular EV models and Tesla is the most popular EV brand, but that is true pretty much only in the US.

The most popular EV brand in the world is BYD. Here in HK they start from 209 000 HKD, that's about 27 000 USD, but it's a middle-class executive car, it's not the cheapest or most cost-efficient EV.

If you're in India, you can buy a Tata EV for 2 lakh. That's 200 000 INR ≈ 2 300 USD. Yes, two thousand. Now, I don't know what it would take to bring a Tata up to US code, but of those 40 000 USD in difference between the Tata and the starting price (before federal subsidies) for a Tesla, I doubt all of it is safety features.