Nissan Leaf introduced ten years ago, over 470000 sold by May 2020 [1], the actual "below $35000 car" from established manufacturer.

The difference? No hype, deliverers promises, no crashes on autopilot - at least widely known [2] vs [3]. Old fashion in this age of attention grabbers.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Leaf

[2] https://www.google.com/search?q=nissan+leaf+crash+&oq=nissan...

[3] https://www.google.com/search?q=tesla+crash&oq=tesla+crash