https://x.com/i/status/2019025935882760666
Fact-checking :
- For BYD : « BYD has the most R&D personnel among automakers and nearly 110,000 engineers, CEO says »
- For Tesla : « As of December 31, 2025, our employee headcount worldwide was 134,785 »


That’s a whopping 0.00008% of china, I did that calculation because I thought it would be a bigger percentage than that. 120,000 is a lot! I guess that puts into perspective how big the Chinese population is.
Also the chinese govenment wants technological development, there goal is to be at the forefront of computers and carbon neutral technology. BYD is leading the electric car industry right now and China wants them to prosper, not shut them down.
.008%, you forgot to convert to a percentage
Still very small though
Oh I thought I did do that, I must have just copied the wrong result.