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How China's new auto giants left General Motors, Volkswagen and Tesla in the dust

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Davriellelouna@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/how-chinas-new-auto-giants-left-gm-vw-tesla-dust-2025-07-03/

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    State subsidies and a huge protected home market.

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    • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You left out “Uyghur slave labor”.

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    • gian@lemmy.grys.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      While you are rigth, it is not about that.

      Tha article point out that they were able to fix an issue in mere six weeks. But the point is that the other brand they cited would have not done the mistake in the first place.

      So yes, they could be faster and more flexible, but that speed and flexibility comes with a price.

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  • geoff@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m a software engineer, not a hardware engineer, but let me guess anyway: the article will imply that they’ve found some magical way to be more “efficient”, but it’s actually that they treat their people like shit and also sacrifice quality. Am I right?

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    • absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I was going to say “because they’re probably state subsidized” but your suggestion is better

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      • vhstape@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Their point about the streets may actually be valid. I don’t know anything about the roads in China, but many European cities are notoriously hostile to automobiles.

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    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They don’t treat their people like shit, they treat them like slaves.

      www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v5n7w55kpo

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  • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    State subsidies, massive domestic market, stealing IP from Tesla, centralised manufacturing hubs, no environmental regulations or labour laws.

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    • cyd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      At this point, Tesla needs to steal IP from them, not the other way round.

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      • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah theyve leapfrogged tesla but they still stole IP to get started. Especially around manufacturing techniques.

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