This is probably some agreement witn the Chinese government to give good press in other parts of the world in order to get benefits on vehicles sold in China. Ford’s CEO put out a nearly identical article a few months ago.
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This2ShallPass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Why did they need to tear it apart to discover the advantage was government funding? It this just a click bait headline?
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
notaviking@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They wanted to see if there were any cut corners that could help explain the low cost other than government funding and the general low cost of labour in China. Did not find any cut corners during their teardown and sang the cars praises.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
And $45B in unchecked debt, and no payments to parts suppliers in 8 months.
nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 months ago
There actually is a myth in circulation in some places that China’s electrical vehicle tech is somehow advanced over everyone else’s (my father got sucked in by that one). Tearing one apart is one way to counter that.