the Leaf is a decent car but short ranged . Not really S or X competition. Will the new longer range Leaf compete with the 3?
Wait until road tests are out.
Because in theory the Bolt competed with the 3 but one has poorish sales and one has 500,000 reservations.
In any case the BEV market will eventually overtake the ICE market, did you expect Tesla to have all of it? New entrants will grow the over-all market . Maybe once a mainstream buyer can be convinced to consider or test drive a Leaf he will do the same with a Tesla
A huge differentiation - charging networks. Or lack thereof. Because without a ubiquitous true fast charge network a BEV has very limited appeal. Many of the early adapters have already bought or will be buying Teslas.
Leaf Bolt Tesla 3 - none can be described as “low cost”.