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> but they can't employ a workforce that even maybe resembles the local demographics? I don't imagine a lot of Americans in Savannah have experience standing u

• 9x39 1y ago
  Is it that these were hundreds of the best battery factory professional engineers in SK or just a cultural match? How is competence built with any offshoring of a new thing? I think it’s a stretch to say Americans can’t be trained to make a factory. I think the simplest explanation is the likely one: that costs money, we can avoid paying if we use an underclass that doesn’t follow the rules or share the costs of locals we can undercut.
  • overfeed 1y ago
    > Is it that these were hundreds of the best battery factory professional engineers in SK or just a cultural match? SK has been building battery factories for a while, naturally, they ended up with an experienced talent pool. > How is competence built with any offshoring of a new thing? China has the blueprint: enforce knowledge sharing/knowledge transfer to local entities, and provide adequate direction and government funding. > I think it’s a stretch to say Americans can’t be trained to make a factory. Experience =/= capability - Americans certainly can be trained, but who's paying (and waiting) for that? Does it make economic sense to do so for a one-and-done project? LG Chem (and its vendor ecosystem) have been building battery factories for well over a decade now, and will continue to use that competency. What would happen to your hypothetical newly-trained, all-American battery-factory builders once the Savannah project is up and running? Especially under this administration that is set on cutting the knees from under renewables.