According to foreign media reports, Swiss electric car manufacturer Polar Star said that industry leader Tesla lacks progress in the field of electric vehicles.
Although the brand is often compared with Tesla, Ji Xing said that Tesla is not their competitor, Porsche’s new electric car Macan is the real competitor.
After Polaris became an independent electric car maker in 2017, Volvo said it would compete with Tesla and Mercedes-Benz-AMG by launching high-performance electric vehicles.
Seven years later, great changes have taken place in the market.
Tesla sold a total of 1.
8 million electric vehicles last year and another 386810 in the first quarter of 2024.
After a price war last year, Tesla’s lowest-priced Model 3 starts at $38990, while Model Y starts at $44990, not counting the $7500 tax credit for electric vehicles, which would start at as low as $37490 if you include the subsidy.
Meanwhile, Polar delivered about 54500 cars worldwide last year, and the new Polestar 4 electric sedan SUV starts at $56300 (including freight) and starts at $74300.
In the European market, the Polestar 4 starts at 63200 euros ($68000).
Although often compared with Tesla Model Y, Ji Xing said that the company does not regard Tesla as its main competitor, and Porsche’s latest electric version of the Macan is the main competitor of the Poletar 4.
Graeme Lambert, head of global design and technical public relations, told the media: “from a global perspective, I’m not here to comment on Tesla, but Tesla is really chasing sales.
” Lambert said Tesla is a “mainstream market-oriented company”, while Star is a “high-end luxury brand, its sales target is in line with this positioning”.
Lambert also said that although Tesla “produced millions of cars”, Ji Xing “never said he would produce millions of cars”.
For example, what we are saying is that, as a brand, our global sales target for next year is 150000 vehicles.
In the eyes of Polaris, Porsche’s electric version of Macan is their goal.
Lambert said: “our goal is similar to the Porsche electric version of the Macan, this is a pure electric two-door sedan SUV.
” This is definitely our goal, not a model similar to Tesla.
” Porsche launched an all-electric version of the Macan earlier this year, becoming the company’s second electric car after the Taycan.
The electric version of Macan starts at $78800 and the Turbo version starts at $105300.
Porsche CEO Oliver Blume said that more than 10, 000 orders for the new electric SUV had been received last month, “and the customers who ordered the cars had not even had a test drive”.
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