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Future competition?

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CURRENT COMPETITION OF MODEL S ?

BEV - not yet, right?
Hybrid - anything come close ? Class S hybrid?
ICE - S/E Class, BMW Series 7/8, Audi 7/8, Cadillac

2017
US market - Large luxury cars - U.S. sales by model 2017 | Statistic
- slightly more than 1/3 are Model S
Europe - S Class 14,757
Model S 16,026
BMW 7 11,533

So Tesla might do what? plan Model S update/re-fresh same year as Germans? or a year before?
and of course they just do it, no "announcement which would only kill sales of existing version.

Elephant in the room still seems to be batteries.

PS- now UAW trying to eliminate Tesla from CA rebates via CARB - everyone wants to extort a piece of Tesla, no? And the reason is the UAW wants more members for union dues ?
"California is home to about 10,000 auto industry workers, virtually all from Tesla. That’s compared to 38,000 in Michigan, 24,000 in Kentucky and 20,000 in Ohio, according to the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics."

Can Labor Unions and Electric Carmakers Get Along in California? - Times of San Diego
Tesla Salaries in Fremont, CA | Glassdoor
Opinion: UAW part of anti-Tesla campaign
CARB ZEV Program Changes; Tesla Takes Largest Hit, Fuel Cell Tech Wins
 
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