NYT: How Elon Musk and Taylor Swift Can Resolve U.S.-China Relations

Thomas Friedman recently wrote about his trip to China.

We suggest you read the whole piece, but we thought one section was particularly relevant for our mission and work.

“Trump has vowed to make America great again by doubling down on drill-baby-drill gas guzzlers and ending U.S. government subsidies for Americans who purchase electric cars.

So, what do you think is going to happen? The rest of the world will gradually transition to Chinese-made self-driving E.V.s, “and America will become the new Cuba — the place where you visit to see old gas-guzzling cars that you drive yourself,” as Keith Bradsher, the Times Beijing bureau chief and an auto industry specialist, mused to me.

If that happens, one day we’ll wake up and China will own the global electric vehicle market. And since fully autonomous driving technology only really works with E.V.s, that means China will own the future — the self-driving-cars market as well.”

More to come on how we can solve this in 2025.