Posted on 03/25/2025 6:57:25 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Stunning drone footage has revealed the sheer scale of Chinese automaker BYD’s vast electric vehicle (EV) mega factory in Zhengzhou, Henan province, that is reportedly larger than the entire city of San Francisco.
The sprawling facility, currently under development in eight phases, is set to cover an astonishing 50 square miles (32,000 acres) upon completion - surpassing the size of San Francisco (46.9 square miles).
The BYD factory will also dwarf Tesla’s 4.5 square mile Gigafactory in Nevada, The Sun reported. BYD is emerging as one of Tesla’s biggest competitors, and its Zhengzhou mega factory will be over 10 times larger than the Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada, which is Tesla’s largest facility by land area.
Aerial footage that has gone viral online shows a network of high-rise buildings, production facilities, worker accommodations, and recreational spaces - including a football pitch and tennis courts. The drone footage also shows land where construction is yet to begin.
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Hopefully the Average Chinese worker can afford one...who would want to buy Chinese made garbage made by slave labor and funds the CCP?
And no doubt polluting for miles around with its industrial wastes.
Fake News! By definition, a Megafactory cannot be bigger than a Gigafactory.
I see a big TARIFF in the near future.
Does the world really need that many cars? Don’t want to sound like a green wacko but resources are finite.
They sell useful cars with good quality for 10k to 31k.
The more useful question is could we build a factory like that here, and put out a car that people would drive that costs 10k? If not, why not?
Makes me wonder .... where are they getting the money to build a factory the size of an American City?
I donb’t believe it comes from private investors.
They pay their workers shit wages that’s how they build cars for 10-13K...really, that’s your take on this? I’m sure the quality is the same as their TOFU infrastructure.
P.S. I absolutely despise the term “viral” in reference to click-bait crap.
CCP money is probably paying for the anti-Tesla terrorism when you get right down to it.
They hone in on a target and exploit it to their gain.
Oh no doubt, and if one of the battery plants goes up, wouldn’t they all? A hellscape bigger the city of San Fran.
I hope Musk realizes that he will NEVER see this market. Any technology he gives to China is instantly transferred to BYD.
Biden put a 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars last year.
Are there turds on the streets?
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