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Only a few. Polestar is technically Chinese (Geely owned, they bought out partner Volvo recently) but they wouldn't have a huge market share. There are probably

Only a few. Polestar is technically Chinese (Geely owned, they bought out partner Volvo recently) but they wouldn't have a huge market share. There are probably a few others. BYD is building factories in Mexico, so there may be some imports from there in the next few years. Otherwise, the US has 25% import tariff on foreign cars and incentives for domestically produced cars. So, that's a huge price advantage for what are otherwise not very competitive American vehicles at this point. The export market for those is shrinking rapidly. There's a bit of a niche market for pointlessly large trucks in Europe. But it's tiny and they just aren't very practical or economical there. Things like F-150s, Rivian, Rams, etc. are extremely uncommon over here. Rivian might grow internationally with their new, smaller models. But otherwise, it's mostly Tesla, not a whole lot of Ford (their market share has vanished rapidly in the last years), and not much else succeeding abroad. By the time Chinese manufacturers open (or more likely take over) factories in the US, they will already have a huge market share elsewhere. There's going to be no shortage of struggling US manufacturers looking for an acquisition in a few years. That's what happened to Chrysler after they went bankrupt. It's also a bit of a repeat of what happened with Japanese cars in the eighties.

AnotherGoodName 3y ago
Even Tesla is pretty much a Chinese made car outside of Europe and the USA markets nowadays. eg. They pretty much stopped importing USA made Tesla's into Australia now that their China factory has ramped up for example. So one of your two 'not China' examples is actually China.
- Strom 3y ago
  By that logic the Toyotas and Volkswagens sold in the US are American cars. Or the iPhone is a Chinese phone. While the place of manufacturing is interesting, it's not what people usually mean when they talk about the author's origin.
  - Dalewyn 3y ago
    If anything, declaring location of manufacture by the location of the corporate headquarters rather than the factory obfuscates very valuable information, arguably to the point of misleading marketing. There is value in easily learning that the majority of Toyotas sold in the US are American cars, that almost all computers (desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets) are Chinese or Taiwanese, and so on.
    - gibbitz 3y ago
      Absolutely. Especially when, in the US, the whole point of mentioning a company's country of origin is as political capital in a conversation about manufacturing jobs. When taking into account that Toyota and Honda manufacture their cars here, it becomes clear the argument is not for the benefit of the working class but for the owning class (c-suite and shareholders).
lotsofpulp 3y ago
> Only a few. Polestar is technically Chinese (Geely owned, they bought out partner Volvo recently) I had to look this up because I was sure Volvo was bought by Chinese company a long time ago. Aug 2010, it’s been almost 14 years. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/chinas-geely-completes-acquisition-of-volvo/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/chinas-geely-completes...

AnotherGoodName 3y ago

Even Tesla is pretty much a Chinese made car outside of Europe and the USA markets nowadays. eg. They pretty much stopped importing USA made Tesla's into Australia now that their China factory has ramped up for example. So one of your two 'not China' examples is actually China.

Strom 3y ago
By that logic the Toyotas and Volkswagens sold in the US are American cars. Or the iPhone is a Chinese phone. While the place of manufacturing is interesting, it's not what people usually mean when they talk about the author's origin.
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  If anything, declaring location of manufacture by the location of the corporate headquarters rather than the factory obfuscates very valuable information, arguably to the point of misleading marketing. There is value in easily learning that the majority of Toyotas sold in the US are American cars, that almost all computers (desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets) are Chinese or Taiwanese, and so on.
  - gibbitz 3y ago
    Absolutely. Especially when, in the US, the whole point of mentioning a company's country of origin is as political capital in a conversation about manufacturing jobs. When taking into account that Toyota and Honda manufacture their cars here, it becomes clear the argument is not for the benefit of the working class but for the owning class (c-suite and shareholders).

lotsofpulp 3y ago

> Only a few. Polestar is technically Chinese (Geely owned, they bought out partner Volvo recently) I had to look this up because I was sure Volvo was bought by Chinese company a long time ago. Aug 2010, it’s been almost 14 years. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/chinas-geely-completes-acquisition-of-volvo/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/chinas-geely-completes...