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.
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.
Ah, I thought it was indentured servitude, but then that’s why we have prisons.
No it’s definitely their monopoly on the rare earth mineral market.
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.