[fabianhjr]

Why not pre/post electric Lada of the 1980s and associated R&D?

https://www.reckontalk.com/electro-russian-tesla-first-elect...

The biggest manufacturer of electric cars worldwide is BYD

The biggest driver of sales (trough public policy) has been China and Europe, including things like announcing bans of ICE in city centers/cities:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Electric_car_use_by_country

Tesla started as a luxury brand (Roadster and then luxury sedans) and the only innovation they have managed is name recognition; even the adoption they have driven in the US has been mostly trough public policy like tax incentives.

[slg]

Because very few people will know what you are talking about if you go up to a random person and ask them about Lada or BYD.

Musk is an egomaniacal idiot that most of us dislike. There are countless valid reasons to dislike Tesla as a company and the cars they make. However, that shouldn't cause people to overthink things when their name is simply being used as shorthand as it clearly is in this instance.

[esalman]

> Because very few people will know what you are talking about if you go up to a random person and ask them about Lada or BYD.

This is why parent said only innovation Tesla has managed is name recognition.