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We still have somewhat of a lead in areas like composites, exotic materials, jet engines, turbines, and aerospace, but they are eroding. We can make good cars,
by api 6y ago
We still have somewhat of a lead in areas like composites, exotic materials, jet engines, turbines, and aerospace, but they are eroding.
We can make good cars, though the majority of the good cars made in the US are made under the management of Japanese car companies. Tesla has some great technology and product design but on the manufacturing front they are behind the majors.
- klelatti 6y agoMy mistake - I meant just in chip manufacturing. Definitely leading in lots and lots of other areas.
- deelowe 6y agoYeah. Silicon manufacturing has huge implications for national defense. Not sure how relevant Intel is in that particular discussion. Did the US Govt express concerns when IBM stopped making chips in-house?
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoThey're relevant to the need for computers free from (foreign) backdoors. Otherwise, defense doesn't rely on cutting edge ICs any more. Modern processes can't deliver the reliability most military systems need, particularly if radiation hardening is a requirement.
- rowanG077 6y agoWhat? US cars are widely seen as relatively shitty compared to Asian and EU brands.
- dboreham 6y agoYou must be thinking of Chrysler.
- rowanG077 6y agoI'm thinking of all of them except Ford and Tesla.
- vxNsr 6y agoI have a friend who bought a new Ford Focus: it’s been in the shop every two months since she got it. No one else I know has that problem, everyone else I know buys foreign.
- tomatotomato37 6y agoSo the winner of being the worst ranked in JD Powers and "Found On Road Dead?" All American companies have had a generally poor record in build quality; doesn't matter if they were started in Detroit or Silicon Valley. Sucks too, because otherwise they still are the best bang for your buck when it comes to performance.
- api 6y agoHonda, Nissan, and Toyota manufacture a lot of cars in the US, though primarily for the US market. My Nissan Leaf is made in Tennessee.