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I'd argue none of the German makers have half-assed efforts. All of them are full assed, but they've fallen behind initially as they invested later and are either still on their first gen or second gen architectures whereas Tesla is on their 3rd/4th gen stuff?
Where it really hurts is the perception. BMW just hit 1000km on a single charge with their iX3, there's a bit of gaming the system but I have zero doubts that Tesla can do that. That doesn't change the fact that people think Tesla makes a better EV when they actually no longer 100% have that edge. They are still better than what Toyota and Nissan puts out, but they aren't better than Mercedes or BMW or GM. Audi/Porsche is a bit questionable imo.
Tesla is getting their teeth kicked in by the Chinese makers as well in China.
Here's where I don't have a lot of info (practically zero), Chinese makers. They make good drivetrains so I've heard, but I don't know if the rest of the car keeps up like how Tesla made good drivetrains but their rest of the car were subpar. We see that with some of the startups like Rivian which, depending where you hit can't be repaired. I do not believe the Chinese makers are as glorious as some people make them out to be but time will tell. They probably aren't the disaster that is Vinfast, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are just kind of like Teslas and Hyundais, where it looks fancy or sold as high end but shit doesn't wear well.
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