How China's EV supply chain gives its robotaxi industry a global advantage
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Suranjana Tewari
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China's autonomous driving companies are leveraging the country's massive EV supply chain ecosystem to gain a competitive advantage in the global robotaxi market. Unlike Tesla's vertically integrated approach, China's self-driving industry operates through a collaborative network where established carmakers like BYD, Chery, Geely, and SAIC build the vehicles while specialist firms develop the software. Because autonomous vehicles rely on the same batteries, sensors, chips, and onboard computers as EVs, China's existing large-scale supply chains give its self-driving firms a significant headstart as they expand globally.
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Unlike Tesla, which designs much of its technology in-house, China's self-driving industry is built around a network of companies.
Autonomous vehicles rely on many of the same batteries, sensors, chips and onboard computers as electric cars. Because those supply chains already exist at enormous scale, companies can de
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