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10 years ago, what electric vehicles could you buy? The Tesla was unique in the marketplace and they were expensive. There were no 30K dollar Teslas, new or used. You didn't even see that many of them in California. In 2014, Tesla only sold around 32K cars. In 2024 Tesla produced over 1.8 million vehicles globally and now every manufacturer has an EV product line. I don't think any vehicle manufacturer that produces 1.8 million vehicles can be considered prestigious. Porsche for example produces about 350K cars a year.

The thing that's interesting to me is that current manufacturers have just barely caught up to the technology Tesla had in their vehicle 10 years ago. Other then lucid and Rivian, most New EVs don't have to much more range then my 10 year old Model S, and with the over the air updates the car has received over the years, it's actually better then it was in 2014.