[brohoolio]

China has tremendous leverage over him via whether he can access their markets.

[Sabinus]

The goal for Tesla was to jumpstart the electric car industry by example, not to sell electric cars in China.

[consumer451]

Tesla built 51% of their global production in Shanghai, China in Q1 2024.

The leverage isn't just shutting down the China market, it's the threat to 51% of Tesla's production capacity.

[pests]

Tell that to his net worth.

[w0z_]

He's already beat out in their market, not much leverage there lol.

[mensetmanusman]

A 50 billionaire that someone could take a billion of… tremendous?