Musk said China surpasses other countries in production scale
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Elon Musk said that when China gets into production of a product, its ability to scale up often exceeds the combined capabilities of the rest of the world, citing lithium batteries, solar panels as examples, and noting that SpaceX is an "anomaly in the matrix" due to its superior payload capacity into orbit.
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Elon Musk made a statement about China's manufacturing capabilities on social media X, comparing them to those of the rest of the world and highlighting SpaceX as an exception.
Elon Musk has said that China's ability to increase production of goods often exceeds that of the rest of the world.
According to him, this has already happened in the field of lithium batteries and solar panels.
Musk called SpaceX an "anomaly in the matrix" because its payload capacity into orbit exceeds the combined total of the rest of the world.
WASHINGTON, October 12 - RIA Novosti. American entrepreneur Elon Musk said that when China masters the production of a product, its ability to increase production volumes often exceeds the combined capabilities of the rest of the world.
“When China figures out how to make a product, its ability to scale up production often exceeds the combined capabilities of the rest of the world,” Musk wrote on social network X.
According to him, this has already happened in the production of lithium batteries and solar panels.
Musk noted that a similar situation could have developed in the space industry if not for SpaceX, calling it an “anomaly in the matrix.”
“SpaceX is a rare exception: the mass of cargo it puts into orbit is approximately an order of magnitude higher than the total of the rest of the world. However, China now accounts for the majority of cargo put into orbit without SpaceX,” the entrepreneur added.
Previously, Musk admitted that China impressed him and talked about traveling on a high-speed train from Beijing to Xi'an.
Open Questions
- What specific data underlies Musk's claims about China's manufacturing capabilities?
- What industries, other than batteries and solar panels, does Musk see as potentially dominant for China?
- What measures does Musk think would change the balance in the space industry beyond the existence of SpaceX?
