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Context for another way to meet "Made In" requirements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock-down_kit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock-down_kit > "A common
by csours 3y ago
Context for another way to meet "Made In" requirements:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock-down_kit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock-down_kit
> "A common form of knock-down is a complete knock-down (CKD), which is a kit of entirely unassembled parts of a product. It is also a method of supplying parts to a market, particularly in shipping to foreign nations, and serves as a way of counting or pricing.[1] CKD is a common practice in the automotive, bus, heavy truck, and rail vehicle industries, as well as electronics, furniture and other products. Businesses sell knocked-down kits to their foreign affiliates or licensees for various reasons, including the avoidance of import taxes, to receive tax preferences for providing local manufacturing jobs, or even to be considered as a bidder at all (for example, in public transport projects with "buy national" rules).
A semi-knocked-down kit (SKD) or incompletely disassembled kit (although it has never been assembled) is a kit of the partially assembled parts of a product. Both types of KDs, complete and incomplete, are collectively referred to within the auto industry as knocked-down export (KDX), and cars assembled in the country of origin and exported whole to the destination market are known as built-up export (BUX)."
- huytersd 3y agoSo they put together a prebuilt Lego set.
- csours 3y agoYes, every 'Lego set' gets build and taken apart, shipped, and built again. It seems very very silly, but it turns out to be the easiest way to do it. Some clues: Individual Lego pieces can be dropped in a bin with other Lego pieces without sustaining damage. Lego pieces can be shipped in a cardboard box without sustaining damage. Vehicle assembly plants are very complicated. Vehicles have a lot of parts. Some vehicle parts are large. The assembly plant is the only location to which all those parts are shipped, and may be found in proximity. An assembly plant has multiple systems for logistics to ensure that parts come together at the right time and place.
- ricardobeat 3y agoThey design their own vehicles, and most of the steel body and chassis is built locally. This is like saying Lego is 'just melting plastic' into special shapes. There are many problems with Canoo and it will likely go under soon, but that's not one of them.
- huytersd 3y agoNothing would make me happier than if something were built in America but I don’t want to give that designation to Chinese mass produced trash.
- bee_rider 3y agoSeems like a win-win: the real manufacturers already have a way to circumvent these kinds of stupid protectionist laws, and the lawmakers can still count it as a win as long as they fulfill their fundamental nature and remain lazy and incurious as to the actual implementation of their laws. The only loser here is the democratic process as the voters are further insulated from reality.
- Incipient 3y agoProtectionist laws aren't always stupid. They're especially applicable when another company or country is subsidising their local industry to out compete others to gain advantage. Every country and company is trying to find some way to get ahead of everyone else. There are a myriad of approaches, tariffs/protectionism is just another tool.