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> Because they flopped.

Sorry, but this is just naive. Volkswagen has 26.5% of the European EV market in 2021. If the MEB platform is a flop then I think Volkswagen will very much like to continue that flop.

> Teardowns of the ID.4 have shown that MEB isn't even a real EV platform. It was all hype.

I don't know what that's supposed to mean. I don't think you know either.



In its inaugural sales year this brand new, intensely hyped, domestic branded, locally manufactured product barely edged out sales of a foreign branded, fully imported, three-year-old vehicle with an import tariff price penalty.

It's well known that a LOT of people in Europe are holding out on their purchase of a Tesla vehicle until the Berlin-manufactured Model Y becomes available. Let's see how the market share numbers look then.




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