cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51970309
Rivian’s CEO praised the Xiaomi EV’s design after a teardown.
RJ Scaringe said he’d buy the SU7 himself if he lived in China.
He called it a well-integrated, nicely executed technology platform.
There is zero substance in that article so I will save you a click
The real explanation, he said, is simple: China’s extensive government support.
Ah, I thought it was indentured servitude, but then that’s why we have prisons.
Slave labor isn’t usually used for things vulnerable to sabotage.
Try putting a slave in a chemical plant and telling them they can blow the building up by tossing a water bottle in a vat for example.
A vehicle factory probably isn’t quite that risky but there’s still plenty of options for chaos.
Lithium fires are wild.
So exactly what everyone has been saying in the open for 5 years now. Massive government subsidies.
It’s also what happens when the entire world outsources manufacturing to one county: that country gets really really good at making stuff better than anybody else in the world.
Don’t forget the stockpiles of cash by not fairly paying their labor. The PRC has been playing the long game.
The PRC has been playing the long game.
So have US oligarchs
Musk, Tim Apple, and Jensen’s actions would beg to differ.
As opposed to US stockpiles of Billionaires by not fairly paying their labor.
Piss poor emergency food supply. Hardly a mouthful per citizen
It’s impossible to tell which country this comment is about right now.
I’m sure you know more than AJ on this topic 🤷♂️.
Not only they have normal healthcare, but also beating capitalist in its game.
I wonder how true china is gonna be to Marxism - do they want socialism on the entire planet and only keeping the cards tight for now?
China will never become socialist. They’re loving the authoritarian state capitalism’s benefits to their elites too much.
