Tesla's are also mostly made in China now.

The Chinese Tesla's are also dropping in price if you live in a country that hasn't got massive tariffs on Chinese made cars which is basically everywhere in the world except North America and Europe. Tesla literally won't sell you a Model S in Australia for example since it's made in the USA and there's no way they can sell it for a reasonable price.

It's a little damning for the US car market since Tesla's seen as a success of US manufacturing. Globally they are a Chinese made car.

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decimalenough a day ago | parent | next [-]

The actual reason why you can't get a Model S in Australia is that Tesla does not manufacture a right hand drive version any more. You're equally out of luck in Japan, the UK, etc.

	▲	testing22321 a day ago \| parent [-]
		Why did they stop making the RHD version? Because it was too expensive inRHD markets that have access to global EVs

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dchftcs 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Also ironically their Chinese made car is said to have better build quality than the US made one.

	▲	formerly_proven a day ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe not that surprising, in large part the Germans built up the Chinese auto industry, and Tesla went to China to tap into that manufacturing knowledge/talent and backported it to their US factory.