Hey gang,
Since I got tired of all the arguments regarding existing competition for Tesla, and since I was curious, I created a list of currently available BEV's for comparison.
This list is based on the Wikipedia list regarding all currently existing electric vehicles (the highway vehicle section, not city cars or supercars) but modified in the following ways:
- any car that is not available as a 100% battery powered electric car (= hybrids) is omitted from my list, I'm looking at pure BEV's;
- any car that has never reached production stage and therefore remains a concept or a plan is omitted;
- I deleted some cars that I could never buy in my country (Belgium), like the BMW Brilliance Zinoro 1E (only available in Beijing and Shanghai), as they are not relevant for my purpose (= answering the question if I can get my hands on a better BEV than a Tesla). However, during my research I cut some corners on this. Some cars that are (currently) available only in a select geographical area are left in, if they show steady production and if I might buy one if I go over there. Not very scientific, I looked at each car individually to see if it is "established" or not in some countries and made crap-shoot decisions based on that.
- cars that are highlighted in orange were available to buy, but not anymore. They do reflect the pricing and state of technology so I left these in.
- pricing highlighted in red is estimated pricing because these vehicles cannot be bought in one go. You have to rent the battery pack for a monthly fee so if you hold on to your BEV for a long time the price gets more and more expensive. Red meaning the price is deceiving.
I wanted to upload this in Excel format, but the TMC message boards don't allow that. Therefore I made an as-fitting-as-possible print-screen for your viewing pleasure, which is of course not handy as you can't sort by price and the like.
Prices have been converted to EUR because I want a comparison in my country. The prices listed are the base price for the model with that particular range, as little options as possible.
Anyway, I guess my research shows - needless to say - that Tesla is a pretty good deal. The Bolt is surprisingly strong too though, as are some others.
Of course if you take into account luxury and other things the comparison will be more clear to give Tesla the lead.
If a new BEV gets released (meaning NOT a concept and for purchase in North America or Europe) I will try to add those to my list, to keep an eye on the technology and pricing of competitors.
TL;DR: Did some research, Tesla provides great bang for your buck.
[EDIT: changed the uploaded file to include the brand names (this info was off-screen), leaves release date out of the picture however]