It probably helps a lot that those Chinese companies have Right-Hand-Drive models, while Tesla abandoned it in at least their X and S models. The societal backlash is also bad - my doctor recently told me his colleague found his Tesla covered in red paint one morning.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%...
>Tesla just got overtaken in the UK by 2 Chinese brands you've never heard of
Jaecoo and Omoda (!)
I had indeed never heard of them. https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-sales-uk-overtaken-chi...
this prob didn't help https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/activists-place...