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[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Just corpo speak for "where we can squeeze the employees the hardest".

So a good litmus test.. if this company shows up near you, you need better labor laws.

[–] connaisseur@feddit.org 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He said, adding that Xpeng also plans to set up a large-scale data center in Europe as efficient software collection becomes paramount for cars’ intelligent driving features.

More like snorkeling in location data and camera images from the cars. Who knows where they will end up.

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 7 points 1 month ago

What you're saying is true, but that does not make what he says untrue. They need the data for both.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Like for every other modern car, unfortunately :/ Hopefully a brand will decide to differentiate in this respect at some point.

[–] 0x815@feddit.org 17 points 1 month ago

The company expects to build capacity in areas with “relatively low labor risks,”

What does that mean? Is he looking for a Xinjiang-like region where they can minimize supply chain transparency to introduce forced labour?