Toyota to invest $1.3B in Kentucky factory to build battery packs and new EV

Post by chii » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 4:22 AM UTC

pavon wrote: post #78

costanzaDynasty wrote: post #40

Globalization is rolling back. It's about to be boom times in America as long as the politicians from all parties can actually move from one troth to another and actually pass bills.

Cars, and EVs in particular have strong protectionist laws in the US that make it more expensive to import vehicles than to build them locally. There are a few other sectors like semiconductor fabs where we have started to introduce protectionist policies but I haven't seen any movement to expand those types of policies to most other manufacturing sectors.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 4:34 AM UTC

thedaly wrote: post #148

hintymad wrote: post #141

I was wondering how the manufacturers address the potential culture conflicts. Obama's documentary American Factory revealed two notable contentions. One is that American workers think that the management is too tough on them while the management think that the workers are too unreasonable. The other is that Chinese workers are 30% (or 2X?) more efficient than American workers. I have no judgement on the first conten…

> The other is that Chinese workers are 30% (or 2X?) more efficient than American workers. What metrics is this based on?

Post by supertrope » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 4:45 AM UTC

Gibbon1 wrote: post #127

trgn wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems to be almost daily news stories about huge capital investment in manufacturing in the US, a couple billion here, a couple billion there. Was I just blind to these 5-10 years ago?

Geopolitics: China's sudden shift to authoritarianism under the new emperor has everyone fleeing for the exits as the US and Europe abandon the project to bring China into the club. Economics, Neoliberalism is dead. The pandemic killed it. Policy makers well understand the economy can tolerate a lot of disruption. Politics: Dispossessed voters turning to fascism has sharpened politicians and sane business leaders min…

Post by aurareturn » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 6:26 AM UTC

Gibbon1 wrote: post #127

trgn wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems to be almost daily news stories about huge capital investment in manufacturing in the US, a couple billion here, a couple billion there. Was I just blind to these 5-10 years ago?

Geopolitics: China's sudden shift to authoritarianism under the new emperor has everyone fleeing for the exits as the US and Europe abandon the project to bring China into the club. Economics, Neoliberalism is dead. The pandemic killed it. Policy makers well understand the economy can tolerate a lot of disruption. Politics: Dispossessed voters turning to fascism has sharpened politicians and sane business leaders min…

  Geopolitics: China's sudden shift to authoritarianism under the new emperor has everyone fleeing for the exits as the US and Europe abandon the project to bring China into the club.

  “When governments permit counterfeiting or copying of American products, it is stealing our future, and it is no longer free trade.” So said US President Ronald Reagan, commenting on Japan.

Post by riku_iki » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 7:34 AM UTC

katbyte wrote: post #268

riku_iki wrote: post #262

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes, though in California cars required to be 0 emission by 2035

no? it seems to be the exact same rules as canada? > new cars sold in 2035 and beyond are zero-emission vehicles which includes battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles.