My wife and I owned three Volvo's over the years starting in 1983. The first wagon had a paint flaw and clunk in the rear transmission which was never fixed (paint or transmission). The second was one of the first 960 sedan which speed wise gave the best of Europe a run for its money. The engine blew before 50K miles (stateside) and was replaced (engine) and paid for by Volvo including the loaner. The third made it almost to 100K miles before spewing water over my wife's feet when I picked her up from work. In all cases, service/replacement parts were always very expensive. Safety was always built-in and was why we moved to Volvo. We knew two fellow officer families that had their cars totaled in Europe and the families walked away without a scratch. Just a bruise or two from the seat-belts. On the third Volvo it was costing me almost $3K semi-annually on a car valued at less than $3K So, in 2010 I finally convinced my wife to walk away from the Volvo.
Today, it is Tesla all the way. We have not gotten to the point of excessive maintenance costs yet. I knew going in the 12K mile service was just under $1K.
The range is acceptable on the new prototype EV, but how long will it last? Wanting to be one of the first to own a Leaf; I was turned off by how quickly the battery life deteriorated and lack of range to begin with ~ +/- 100 miles.
The charging time of 40 minutes is not any better than Tesla.
And, unless they recharge at Tesla Supercharging locations; they have no in-house capability like Tesla. Yes, I am aware some private firms are attempting to fill the niche.
Tesla is still the big guy on the block.
Car manufactures are going to be forced into creating their own brand travel chargers or private firms will lamely pick up the slack. The big fossil fuel guys are ignorantly leaving a gaping hole, and a ton of money on the table. So much for ignorance; it has worked well in the past.
Out of the fifteen or so (18) cars (mostly new cars) that we have owned over the years have all but three been foreign made cars ~ not US manufactures. Tesla, American made x2