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