It's a huge slice of the GDP, what do you expect?

I mean, let's compare this to the rather celebrated South Korean court decision to force Google/Apple into giving up control over in-app payments: Great for the customers and for competition and for developers, but it's also no accident it happened in a country where Samsung has every business interest in the outcome.

Yes, it's really sad.

If they were so remarkable in lobbying then tesla probably wouldn't be able to start building their factory in the first place.

Tesla does not yet have an official construction permit for the plant. They have simply started building at risk.

They have been granted multiple permits, however the final and most important one is still missing - yes.

But there is a high likelihood that they will be getting this one as well - at least according to the latest information I could find...