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Doesn't seem like they're making better cars, the most innovative things he points out is a funky gear shifter... But that they're making them more cheaply. That doesn't seem to be because of any production innovation or finding some hidden efficiency that western companies overlooked, moreso heavy subsidies and state support combined with a cheap labor market. Hopefully this competition makes the west adopt the former and not the latter, but considering the current political environment we'll probably end up with the reverse.
Better doesn't always mean innovative. How many new innovation have really happened in cars in recent years? Is this years iPhones better than last years? by nominal additions to the package without any real headliner, of course yes. That's what's happening.
The article doesn't even try to say they're being innovative and you're really trying to shoe horn your extreme dislike of the fact they're ahead.
In what ways are they ahead though besides price. A new iPhone has more battery, a camera with more MP, a faster chip etc. These cars have the same or shorter range then they're competitors, same or slower acceleration, same cargo space, charging speed etc. just cheaper because of the reasons mentioned above.
When Japanese cars started taking off in the 70s it was because they had way better fuel economy and build quality then anything Detroit was putting out at the time, they were better at those fields. I don't see any field where these cars are better at besides price.