This is what tech is supposed to be. Innovation based on today's human knowledge to improve lives and prevent deaths. Not whatever this bullshit is that we're dealing with every day.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91519302/byd-nail-test-why-this-54-billion-innovation-is-terrifying-western-auto-executives

The Nail Test: Why this $54 billion innovation is terrifying Western auto executives

The practice of reproducing failure on purpose until the physics revealed itself became the bedrock of BYD’s entire operation.

Fast Company
I don't love the idea of private vehicles, or vertically integrated companies like this. This article is definitely marketing, but if you spent 8 years investing in research to make lithium ion batteries safe, I think you deserve the marketing.
@mayintoronto I think it’s useful solely as a calibration exercise: what could the billions of dollars Silicon Valley has spent maximizing ad impressions have done if directed to something useful? Tesla got subsidized comparably to BYD, what could they have done if they had a full-time CEO?