China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buses, Taxis and Trucks

Re:China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buse... by benj111 on Monday December 03, 2018 @07:58AM (#18588380)

I've heard it. Eg https://www.inverse.com/article/47731-tesla-gigafactory-now-...

But yeah I'm not sure whether China doesn't report battery construction, or under reports or what because it sounds suspect to me also.

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Re:China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buse... by rsynnott on Monday December 03, 2018 @11:16AM (#18589895)

> It’s official: Tesla Gigafactory is now the largest annual producer of battery power in the automotive world

Official according to who? I suspect that, like much of the less critical reporting on Tesla, it's just reprinting a press release. In any case, that doesn't match the headline; it's just claiming it's the single biggest factory. There's no substantiation of the headline at all, and looking at the numbers it cannot be true.

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Re:China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buse... by benj111 on Monday December 03, 2018 @01:13PM (#18591249)

Well theres a tweet from Tesla which is the original source I guess.

And you may have noticed how the internet gets, when Tesla/Elon says something that isn't true, so I guess theres some basis to it.

The Tesla fanboyism goes both ways, there are many, many people waiting to point out they are wrong.

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