[blueside]

There is no question that Tesla helped accelerate EV adoption in China but BYD's significant battery R&D was already underway and would have happened with or without Elon

[seanmcdirmid]

I rode in an EV BYD taxi in 2016. However, I don’t think EVs would have caught on as fast in China without the Model S setting an example that EVs were viable as full ICE car replacements (they definitely were already there before the Model 3 validated mass market adoption).

[bamboozled]

You have to admit though, there's a difference between saying "never" or "as fast".

[seanmcdirmid]

I think the comment I replied to was edited.