The Li Auto L9 is only 10 cm shorter than the Mega, and isn’t much cheaper, coming in at 430k-460k RMB, yet Li Auto sold nearly 13,000 units JUST IN OCTOBER.
There is ZERO question as to whether 10,000 Megas will be sold. The only question is how many months will it take to sell 10,000 Megas. I’m guessing it would take Li Auto no more than 2 months to move 10,000 units.
There are so many EV sedans in the Chinese market it is ridiculous. Gotta be TWENTY different models of traditional 3 box EV sedans you can choose from in China right now.
At this point the Model Y is the “ordinary/boring” option and also IMO quite ugly. ID.4 looks very ordinary at first glance, but the understated design is going to age very well and I find it quite handsome.
Also I’m a sucker for light treatments and the ID.4 (also the Ioniq 5) has really nice DRL and marker light designs that really pop in the night, versus Tesla’s least unimaginative light designs ever.