Oct 13, 2015 10:00 AM

Gallery: Attack of the Chinese Tesla Clones

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A crop of Chines automakers are working on electric cars that look a lot like Tesla's Model S.
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Youxia
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This is the Youxia Ranger X, the work of 28-year-old Chinese entrepreneur Huang Xiuyuan.
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The interior of the Ranger X looks just like that of the Tesla, right down to the massive touchscreen.

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Then there's the Thunder Power EV, a Taiwanese car with strong notes of Tesla design.
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It purportedly will offer a 373-mile range, 108 miles more than the Tesla Model S.

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The automaker promises the Thunder Power will be quick as well as fast: 430 hp, 0-62 mph in under five seconds, and topping out at 155 mph.
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Again, the interior looks like something out of Tesla's factory.

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The Tesla clone that may have the best chance of making it past the concept car stage is dubbed Le\* Car.
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The teaser sketches are frustratingly vague and heavy on the chiaroscuro, but other elements of the project look suspiciously legit.

Landwind
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Tesla wouldn't be the first victim of this kind of cloning: Land Rover saw a Chinese automaker produce a nearly exact copy of its Range Rover Evoque.
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Land Rover filed suit against Land Wind, and the case was thrown out of the Chinese courts.

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