Based on what? Tesla makes extensive use of an existing capability to move on development with per-approval.
They have not received any kind of politicians helping them to avoid bureaucracy that I know of. Some local politicians have talked in support but the bureaucracy is just moving at its normal pace.
I guess they paid a fine for installing a few tanks to early but that seems like a planning issue, not some kind of 'we gone install the 2 tanks because we have political backing'.
Its not like the plant is majorly behind.
> Turns out not every country is as corrupt as Tesla's home country.
Again, based on what? What corrupt thing did Tesla do in Texas that is so different? Texas doesn't require a public meeting for input but the overall process is not actually that different.
Maybe the standards are different, but it doesn't have anything to do with corruption.
And state politics, especially in the east, is rife with people using it as a stepping stone to the federal level. Famously there once were more prime ministers from the west governing the east than eastern-born ones.