07-08-2023, 03:45 PM
DeusxMac wrote:
1. I’d venture that few, if any, Teslas are sold in the vast majority of the countries in davester’s list
True that the primary left-side markets are the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan and maybe South Africa, but then a list of right-side markets is also mostly tiny countries with no Tesla sales. The main point to be made is that 34% of the world's population lives in left-side countries, a not insignificant number. There are certainly a lot of Teslas in the UK, just based on observations made during my recent visit there.
DeusxMac wrote: 2. Most of the land area of the planet is right-side driving
I'm not sure that's actually true. Also, land area is irrelevant since most land area doesn't have roads and/or chargers. It's the percentage of population that's more relevant, which as I noted is 66% right, 34% left.
All that said, note that it's only the Model X and Model S for which right-hand drive versions are being discontinued. Those are Tesla's high cost, low volume models that only get bought by the very well off. Probably the UK and Japan are the most likely to see a big sales hit since incomes in those countries are relatively high.