Key Points
When Elon Musk unveiled the first Chinese-made Teslas in Shanghai in 2020, he went off script and started dancing..
A few years earlier, with Tesla on the brink of failure, he had bet on China, which offered cheap parts and capable workers -- and which needed Tesla as an anchor to jump-start its fledgling electric vehicle industry...
Interviews with former Tesla employees, diplomats and policymakers reveal how Musk built an unusually symbiotic relationship with Beijing, profiting from the Chinese government's largesse even as he reaped subsidies in the United States...
As Musk explored building the factory in Shanghai, Chinese leaders agreed to a crucial policy change on national emissions regulations, following lobbying by Tesla that was not previously reported..
In 2014, as Musk talked about setting up a factory in China, Tesla joined the groups in pushing for a change.. Grace Tao, a Tesla lobbyist, met with people at the Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation, an environmental nonprofit based in Los Angeles and Beijing..
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