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> I want legacy EU/US automakers to pull their heads out of their a* and compete Honestly, what can they do? Labor is very expensive here, and would be loads
by gedy 2y ago
> I want legacy EU/US automakers to pull their heads out of their a* and compete
Honestly, what can they do? Labor is very expensive here, and would be loads of pushback for a fully automated assembly line. Plus safety, taxes, and other regulations would push the price up.
- chefandy 2y agoIsn’t most of the manufacturing already done in countries with far cheaper labor costs? It seems like a design problem, to me.
- kube-system 2y agoThe big 3 don't outsource to anywhere much cheaper than Canada and Mexico for most of the stuff they sell here.
- chefandy 2y agoMexico is a lot cheaper though, no?
- bpodgursky 2y agoUS manufacturers can get within 20% cost difference which tariffs can ameliorate. That's fine. A few extra environmental and labor protections won't break everything. TSMC managed it. But right now it's... 100% or 200%, or infinity since they simply have no models for some form factors. That's just rank incompetence.
- yard2010 2y agoHe means "treat workers like slaves, deny basic human rights, etc." if I'm not mistaken.
- est 2y ago> Labor is very expensive here Sandy Munro said labor counts 10%~15% of the cost. It's the labor efficiency that matters.
- arcticbull 2y agoEnergy costs are generally lower in the US and it almost entirely balances out.
- AngryData 2y agoLabor costs are a fraction of the value of a vehicle, they can't explain vehicles costing over twice or thrice as much as overseas competitors.