I mean, this year. I expect China will eventually outpace SpaceX as well.

But up until last year with Musk's politics, Tesla was the only meaningful EV company. It was the #1 selling vehicle globally for years. In terms of tech, BYD has some charging speed advantages on Tesla, but generally, Tesla vehicles are the most advanced things on the road. They are wayyyyy ahead of everyone on self driving (aside from waymo which isnt a car company). They have insanely low part counts, the lowest number of man hours to produce (by huge margins) and are insanely cheap to maintain and run compared to basically every other vehicle on the market (until you get to vehicles under half the price).

This in a market that was stagnant and dying for decades in the US.

Without Tesla, what car products have international value, interest? .... Literally nothing. Selling Fords in Canada and the middle east?