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Japanese and European car manufacturers can just source batteries from somewhere else other than China, then problem solved. I believe the regulations explicit
by alistairSH 4y ago
Japanese and European car manufacturers can just source batteries from somewhere else other than China, then problem solved.
I believe the regulations explicitly call for a % of battery components to be US/NA-sourced. So, it's not just "ditch China" but also "buy American."
- marianatom 4y agoYou're making money off Americans. Giving some investments to create jobs for Americans make sense. Henry Ford famously overpaid his workers to create demand for his cars https://www.npr.org/2014/01/27/267145552/the-middle-class-took-off-100-years-ago-thanks-to-henry-ford https://www.npr.org/2014/01/27/267145552/the-middle-class-to...
- mikestew 4y agoThe link you supplied belies the myth that Ford paid his workers such that they could buy his cars. Ford paid his workers what he did so that he could get more reliable, productive workers.