Toyota DROPS A Bombshell With A Secret Deal With China: This Change the Entire EV Industry

Toyota's new electric sedan in China wears the Toyota badge, but its motor and cockpit are Huawei's, its self-driving is Momenta's, its batteries are CALB's and its connected tech is Xiaomi's. Here is why the world's biggest carmaker decided it could not win China alone, and what that means for Tesla. 🎥 CREDITS Akio Toyoda press conference: Toyota Motor Corporation (@ToyotaGlobalNews), youtube.com/watch?v=i7ywR5Smgvs Photos via Wikimedia Commons, some cropped or animated. CC BY 4.0: User3204, Pancho507, S5A-0043, 4300streetcar, Yuqiao, 茅野ふたば, Ernest Jourdier, Supanut Arunoprayote. CC BY 3.0: China News Service, WMwiki, D&RG Railfan, Huangdan2060. CC BY 2.0: bfishadow, Mike Mozart, Gonzalo Pineda Zuniga, Bernhard Wintersperger. CC BY-SA 4.0: Nissangeniss (incl. adapted bZ7 cutout), Dinkun Chen, Tim Wu, Navigator84. #Toyota #Tesla #ChineseEV #ToyotabZ7 #Huawei #ElectricCars