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This is a good question because all the manufacturers are totally integrated; It's really hard to determine "where a car is made" because of parts and sub-assem
by track_me_now 7y ago
This is a good question because all the manufacturers are totally integrated; It's really hard to determine "where a car is made" because of parts and sub-assembly.
That said, several of the car sites tally up the origin of the parts and assembly and calculate the percentage (likely on a value-added basis) to determine "domestic content":
https://www.cars.com/american-made-index/ https://www.cars.com/american-made-index/
- castratikron 7y agoMaybe I don't understand what this is measuring but wouldn't Teslas be close to all-American? They even make the battery cells in the same site as the rest of the car I think. They don't show up anywhere on that list.
- dagw 7y agoFrom the page describing the report: "Tesla declined to furnish enough information to be included in the 2019 American-Made Index."