In a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times, Musk was asked about China, where the Shanghai Gigafactory produces between 30% – 50% of Tesla’s EVs. He believes.
A hot potato: Days after he caused controversy over his peace plan for Ukraine, Elon Musk has found himself in the middle of another geopolitical hot topic. This time, it’s the tension between China and Taiwan. The world’s richest person said the two nations could reach a “reasonably palatable” arrangement over the island, which has brought praise from China and anger from Taiwan.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times, Musk was asked about China, where the Shanghai Gigafactory produces between 30% – 50% of Tesla’s EVs. He believes that conflict between the country and Taiwan, which is self-ruled but Beijing claims is part of its territory, is inevitable, adding that it would cause a 30% hit to the global economy, with Apple suffering more than most.
Musk also offered his solution to the problem: “figure out a special administrative zone for Taiwan that is reasonably palatable.” He added that Taiwan could have “an arrangement that’s more lenient than Hong Kong.
