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Tesla is an expensive toy. I'll buy a Chinese EV once it accesses the US market. The California governor, Newsom, went to China and brought back two Chinese EVs.

Tesla 3's are selling for mid to high 30's in US, and high 40's well equipped. Any EV will cost that much today, even Chinese ones. New version of Tesla 3 is called "Highland". Zero to 60 MPH in 3 seconds.

Plus Chinese EVs (or even other EVs made in the US with Chinese batteries) will not get you any special rebates. The US govt. is dead set to prevent entry of Chinese EVs in US market. :-(
 
America is not yet ready to go full EV. The necessary infrastructure is not yet there. We have to wait. Of course, EVs are the future, but without Tesla.

The infrastructure isn't there for those who don't have a simple 3-pronged electrical outlet access where they live...
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which is only like 20% of the US population. The vast majority of EV owners charge at home making the need for public chargers less of a requirement than it is for other countries. Public charging is critical for cheaper cars which have very very limited ranges or for 200+ mile cars like Tesla when people take long road trips. The Tesla supercharger placement is focused mostly on highway rest stops to handle these cases.

I have a 2023 Tesla Model Y and charge at home.
 
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Well the Tesla Model 3 started being mass produced in 2017 and while there are stories about Uber drivers seeing huge range decreases (likely from close to 100% high voltage supercharger usage) in general their isn't much chatter from normal consumers (who primarily use low voltage home charging) seeing a drastic decrease.

I have dozens of friends who own Tesla Y's and 3's. They all charge at home. You hop on the freeway in LA westside, over 30% of the cars will be these.
 
I have dozens of friends who own Tesla Y's and 3's. They all charge at home. You hop on the freeway in LA westside, over 30% of the cars will be these.

My entire workplace is on a Tesla buying craze. That tax writeoff sent everybody all in.

Additionally, state-level data shows that several states are far ahead of the national averages shown in Figure 1. California leads the country and EVs were nearly 27% of sales in the state through September 2023; this means that more than one in every four new light-duty vehicles sold were battery electric or plug-in hybrid electric.
Another 12 states—Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Hawaii, Connecticut, Virginia, Vermont, and Arizona—and the District of Columbia had EV sales shares between 10% and 20% through Q3 2023.

Before 2023 there was a noticeable amount driving around the highways but now it's just insane...they are all over the place like multiplying rabbits...except in the average streets of Boston itself where there are noticeably fewer. My guess due to lack of electrical outlet access as people aren't going to be running wires across sidewalks.
 
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