https://www.fastcompany.com/91519302/byd-nail-test-why-this-54-billion-innovation-is-terrifying-western-auto-executives This is a fascinating account not only of the electric car manufacturer BYD, but the ethos behind the company and the reason they have overtaken Tesla.
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

@peterbrown this is what happens when a business is run by scientists and engineers instead of business majors and focuses on making good reliable products instead of focusing on making as much money as possible, as quickly as possible, no matter the consequences.

Almost all well known Western brands manufacturing almost anything started like this. And then the Chicago school and shareholder value ideology changed everything into a race to the bottom.