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I think that the success Tesla has had in building safe cars is evidence that this leap can be made fairly quickly.

But the possibility doesn't imply the inevitability, and I still ultimately agree with your conclusion. I also have been hearing about Chinese cars for about 2 decades now, but I haven't yet seen a serious effort to build quality cars that are suitable for the US market.

[ahi]

Tesla sells luxury cars with margins big enough to accommodate safety engineering. I have read reports that they can't compete on price with the Bolts and Leafs which is why we haven't seen a base model 3.