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What Happens When Japan’s Car Industry Collapses?

Can Japan's auto giants really survive the new electric world order?

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Rei Saito
May 07, 2026
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I was recently scrolling through videos of China’s newest automotive assembly lines, and honestly, it’s scary. I was looking at so-called “dark factories”, facilities like those operated by Xiaomi and BYD. They are so thoroughly automated they can operate in the dark, with basically zero human interaction, and a completed car rolls off the line every 10…

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