The US firm faced a difficult year with unease over chief executive Elon Musk’s political activities and stiff overseas competition.

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      not necessarily about quality, rules and regulations.

      They couldn’t sell them all here without changes, and those changes can/will add costs.

      Entering different markets can be expensive.

      Edit: Like it could be compliance/rule requirements for supply chains. To sell in the USA they might need to pay workers more as an example, or source X amount of parts from USA tied countries. That changes their manufacturing requirements / pricing. Or maybe they need to guarantee no slave labour, which BYD was using in Brazil.

      https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v5n7w55kpo