Since about 2019, every time an automaker or tech company showed off an electric vehicle even vaguely crossover-shaped, it would be deemed a “Tesla Model Y Killer” in the headline. The copy then went out of its way to convince us why this particular car would be the complete undoing of Tesla itself. Why did anyone do that? Was it SEO? Was it contempt and jealousy for the success of the Tesla Model Y and Elon Musk? Was it just the natural tendency of an auto writer to boost up an underdog without any real thought as to whether it truly has the stuff to dethrone the best-selling car in its segment?
