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by alopha 138 days ago
Tesla's factories have been responsible for deaths, systematic injury issues and wage theft - https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2025/03/30/human-rights-co...

Pretending BYD is winning because of Chinese labor practices alone or primarily is denial of their technological and operational prowess.

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Don't get me wrong, both are pretty terrible. I'm not going to defend Tesla.

But BYD is on a whole different level with that stuff (e.g. human trafficking, suicides and the factory that collapsed and killed a bunch of people).

There's no way that being able to cut costs to that level doesn't help their bottom line.