Inside 'iPhone City,' the massive Chinese factory town where half of the world's iPhones are produced

Half of the world's Apple iPhone production takes place at a sprawling Foxconn complex in Zhengzhou, China, that employs up ...
Seattle Times

Factories Were Pushed Out of Cities. Their Return Could Revive Downtowns.

Cities and small towns have tried to revitalize their downtowns by rolling back certain rules and requirements to help promote new developments and bring life to empty streets. Now, they’re returning ...
Civil Mentors Official on MSN

BYD's 200,000-person factory city in Henan is challenging Tesla, Rivian, and every automaker on Earth

Spanning over 50 square miles in the heart of China, BYD's Zhengzhou Gigafactory is a fully self-contained industrial city ...
The New York Times

What Happened When a German Car Factory Went All Electric

Volkswagen’s plant in Zwickau stopped producing Golfs and switched to electric vehicles, illuminating the risks and opportunities for factory towns and cities. The Volkswagen factory in Zwickau, ...