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Is Tesla on the Outs in China?


Despite being the biggest electric vehicle market in the world, China might decide it's had enough of Tesla. In this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we break it all down.

Zoë Schiffer: That's really fascinating, because we know with other tech companies like Google and Meta, they tried really, really hard to get into China and weren't quite as successful, or completely failed in some cases. Zeyi Yang: Well, I will say it's more of a love and hate relationship between the Chinese government and their homegrown companies, because we definitely have seen the honeymoon eras where they subsidize them, where they get the domestic market and driven out all of the foreign competitors. Zoë Schiffer: I think the point where we know it's really shifted is when Maye Musk's popularity starts to decline, because you've reported that she's an enormous celebrity in China.

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