Zeekr factory (Ningbo)
Building in Ningbo, China.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Army of Robots Is China’s Weapon in Trump’s Tariff War - The New York Times | Keith Bradsher | subject | The reporter describes a huge Zeekr electric-car factory in Ningbo with 820 robots, up from 500 at opening four years ago. |
An Army of Robots Is China’s Weapon in Trump’s Tariff War - The New York Times — Keith Bradsher (2025)
Source: An Army of Robots Is China’s Weapon in Trump’s Tariff War - The New York Times · Original · Readwise highlight
A robot sorts lug nuts before attaching wheels to electric cars at a Zeekr plant in Ningbo, China.
- Role: subject
- In the article: The reporter describes a huge Zeekr electric-car factory in Ningbo with 820 robots, up from 500 at opening four years ago. Robot carts haul aluminum, hundreds of robotic arms weld car bodies in a lights-off dark factory, and cameras inspect finished cars. A forklift driver there says he worries about losing his job to a robot.
- Why it matters: It is the main example of the article’s claim that automation is China’s edge in the tariff war; most of the piece’s detail comes from this plant.