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Reflections on China’s Transformation of the Car Industry, Part B: Lure Tesla to set up factories in China and Learn

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Zhimin Zhan
5 min readJan 10, 2025
Source: https://finimize.com/content/hometown-hero

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Agile software development, rooted in Lean car manufacturing principles, emerged during a pivotal revolution in the 1980s. Now, we are witnessing another, much greater, transformation in the automotive industry — one that may offer valuable lessons. In this series:

  • Part A: The Disruptions
  • Part B: Lure Tesla to set up factories in China and Learn
  • Part C: Seek Top Talents and Follow Their Advice 👍
  • Part D: Traditional Car Manufacturers Reluctant to Evolve 👎🏾
  • Part E: Faking Efforts with “Show Ponies” 👎🏾
  • Part F: Lacking on Plan B and C 👎🏾
  • Part G: Time to Accept Reality
  • Part H: Solution: Be Agile and Innovative 👍

Telsa pioneered EV. In my opinion, the recent success of Chinese EVs is closely tied to Tesla’s manufacturing operations in Shanghai (called Gigafactory), which began in 2019.

The Chinese government offered Tesla numerous benefits, incentives, and even…

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Zhimin Zhan
Zhimin Zhan

Written by Zhimin Zhan

Test automation & CT coach, author, speaker and award-winning software developer. Help teams succeed with Agile/DevOps by implementing real Continuous Testing.

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