My immediate assumption was that Tesla lies and probably has more offshore content than most of their competitors.
Apple builds phones in China, but Teslas are built in Oakland. I just find it pretty cool.
Edit: incidentally, only mentioning SA as academics there developed the theory around it, to the best of my knowledge.
> The implicit justification for valuing Tesla now is not "we sell good cars", it is state capture.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43023325
Indeed I also heard it in context of South Africa. But Wikipedia also has other, earlier examples too.
Sure but all of the inputs and components to those parts come from other countries. I suppose it depends on how you define terms.