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Do ya see a bunch of Chinese ICE vehicles running around?
They're efficient because they have no concept of workers' rights or IP. Not because they're a country full of geniuses, and not because Big Oil is keeping them down, regardless of your opinion on China.
The degree of automation is not relevant to a discussion about why they're being kept out of other countries, or anything to do with Big Oil.