"If you're not a very online car person, you probably are unfamiliar with the term malaise when it comes with respect to cars. Typically, it's defined as the time from the late 1970s to just before 1990, an era when carsAmerican cars, specificallywere arguably at their lowest point in modern history for design, horsepower and quality. Back then, there was a lot of blame to go around. New fuel economy and emissions regulations, new safety requirements messing with design,"
"Now, we're seeing similar slip-ups happen in China. While Western brands were content to rest on their laurels, China's homegrown brands figured out how to make a damn good car. Non-Chinese brands are struggling, due in large part that their product tends to be old and uncompetitiveand I'd argue nothing embodies this more than China's new Tesla Model Y L. Photo by: Kevin Williams/InsideEVs This would be the new three-row, larger version of the updated Model Y that was developed in China"
The malaise era refers to the late 1970s to just before 1990 when American cars experienced major declines in design, horsepower, and quality. Contributing factors included fuel economy and emissions regulations, safety requirements affecting styling, immature emerging technologies, and intensifying Japanese competition. A comparable shift is unfolding in China as domestic brands produce high-quality, modern vehicles while many non-Chinese brands offer aging, uncompetitive products. Tesla developed a larger, three-row Model Y L specifically for the Chinese market to serve multi-generational urban families. The Model Y L is not sold in the West but could come to Europe, raising concerns about Tesla's diminishing edge in that market.
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