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They retool these factories pretty frequently when old models get redesigned, they can start making electric cars in these factories. Any number of electric car
by dghlsakjg 3y ago
They retool these factories pretty frequently when old models get redesigned, they can start making electric cars in these factories. Any number of electric car makers have already done this. Tesla and Ford, among others, are producing electric cars in former ICE car plants
Making an inferior product that is bad for society shouldn’t be an argument for government favoritism.
- sokoloff 3y agoIt's not about the plants being able to retool. It's about which manufacturers are specifically UAW unionized. If a UAW plant making <whatever> shuts down and is bought by Tesla or Toyota and starts making Teslas or Toyotas, they're not being made by UAW workers (nor any union autoworker). Even if the plant is making gas F-150s and retools to make a Ford BEV, there's no assurance that Ford will sell the same number or same profitability of that BEV than they did of the F-150. If they sell way fewer BEVs than they used to sell F150s, that also hurts UAW workers (though not as much as the UAW plant closing entirely). https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2023/01/03/ford-f-series-is-americas-best-selling-truck-and-vehicle-once-ag.html https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2023... (I'm not taking the UAW's side here; I am merely explaining why the union is making the argument they're being paid to make.)
- dghlsakjg 3y agoI get where they are coming from. I just think it’s a stupid take (UAWs take not yours). They should be lobbying for tax breaks at unionized EV plants. It seems pretty clear that the ICE is on its way out, no reason to cling to it when they should be trying to get in on what is clearly the next thing.