Comment by aphextron

All of the legacy entrants to the EV market are meaningless sideshows for the simple fact that they don't make their own batteries. Building an EV is a trivial commodity. Manufacturing high energy density LiPo battery cells at a low enough price and high enough volume to build millions of cars is the actual barrier. And Tesla is currently the only manufacturer in the world with this level of vertical integration. Everyone else is just competing for supply from LG Chem and Panasonic, which is why no other manufacturer has come close to Tesla's volume or performance/price.