China’s Dark Factories: So Automated, They Don't Need Lights | WSJ

Why it was recommended

some Chinese factories are so completely automated now that they don't bother turning on the lights

ReferenceTelemakhos · Original2025-08

What it covers

A WSJ report on China's 'dark factories', highly automated plants run by robots with little human presence, visiting Zeekr's EV factory. It covers Chinese labor costs. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

The Wall Street Journal

Length

5 min 37 sec

Year

2025

More in this topic

• The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can
• Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Full Documentary) | Future Cities | WIRED
• Origins of Precision
• The Art of Making a Nixie Tube
• I Tried To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308
• HOW ROCKETS ARE MADE (Rocket Factory Tour - United Launch Alliance) - Smarter Every Day 231