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18236326 No.18236326 [Reply] [Original]

I have a question: Why did Tesla choose China and Germany as the only two places outside the US for manufacturing facilities? Please base your reasoning off macroeconomic factors such as GDP, GNP, income levels, and population.

What does /biz/ think?

>> No.18236390

>>18236325
Yea, but that figure in the OP doesn't include people like you whose parents don't charge them rent.

>> No.18236391

>>18236326
Germany = efficiency
China = cheap labour

Germany sites test efficiency theories for production, then Tesla gets China to implement and build on a fraction of the cost

>> No.18236432

>>18236326
Chinese govt had rule that they couldn’t sell if they didn’t have a factory there. This was done to prop up Nio, Chinese version of tesla

>> No.18236438

These are all relevant answers, however, I am looking for macroeconomic reasons, which include information about each country's GDP, GNP, or income.

>> No.18236673

>>18236326

Every automotive company is in those 3 markets.

China & USA should be self-explanatory.

So why Germany?

- 80 mln people market, biggest country in Europe, Russia doesn't count since it is a poor shithole

- German government gives very big donations on R&D and electrification, soon will have good network of charging stations

- lots of automotive integrators that are high-class

- mature laws & automotive sector regulations as well as lobbyist

- just behind the border you have Poland which is to Germany the same as Mexico is to USA

t. works for Tier 1 automotive supplier, has 3 centrals in Germany, China & Canada/USA, while having supporting plants & backoffices in Portugal, Poland, Mexico, Romania, Hungary etc.