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‘Tesla killer’ Mercedes EQC flops with 55 units sold in Germany

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Re: ‘Tesla killer’ Mercedes EQC flops with 55 units sold in Germany

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Because it's a worse car. The absolute minimum bar to hit for a car that's even roughly the same price (say within 30% or so) is the range of the equivalent Tesla. Bear in mind also, that this car would not give you access to Tesla superchargers. I'm currently on a road trip across Europe and if I had to use only the standard chargers it would have been far more logistically challenging. So to make up for that it sho…

> The absolute minimum bar to hit for a car that's even roughly the same price (say within 30% or so) is the range of the equivalent Tesla. It's not that simple. The Audi e-tron outsells both the Model X and the Model S in Europe: http://ev-sales.blogspot.com/2019/12/europe-november-2019.ht... > Bear in mind also, that this car would not give you access to Tesla superchargers. I always find this mindset strange. A cl…

> I always find this mindset strange. A closed charging network is not in your best interest as a driver. The question you should be asking is why can't you charge any EV on Tesla's chargers.

I mean, if you're buying a car today, what matters is the charging network that exists, not the one you theoretically might like to exist. I take real trips, not dream ones.... :P

Re: ‘Tesla killer’ Mercedes EQC flops with 55 units sold in Germany

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The absolute minimum bar to hit for a car that's even roughly the same price (say within 30% or so) is the range of the equivalent Tesla. It's not that simple. The Audi e-tron outsells both the Model X and the Model S in Europe: http://ev-sales.blogspot.com/2019/12/europe-november-2019.ht... > Bear in mind also, that this car would not give you access to Tesla superchargers. I always find this mindset strange. A cl…

> I always find this mindset strange. A closed charging network is not in your best interest as a driver. The question you should be asking is why can't you charge any EV on Tesla's chargers. I mean, if you're buying a car today, what matters is the charging network that exists, not the one you theoretically might like to exist. I take real trips, not dream ones.... :P

> what matters is the charging network that exists, not the one you theoretically might like to exist.

No, you're still trapped in this closed network mindset. What matters is that multiple, interoperable networks exist, which they do. The Internet is better than AOL.

Tesla's just not a team player. It's profoundly lame. It's fascinating that people defend it.

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