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China built up a world class EV industry in about a decade. The US only has a car industry because it bans competition. Almost every single consumer product is
by constantcrying 1y ago
China built up a world class EV industry in about a decade. The US only has a car industry because it bans competition.
Almost every single consumer product is made in China. Almost no consumer products are made in China.
Mechanical engineering, especially manufacturing, has been totally overshadowed in the US by Software, as it is a low demand skill since no company is manufacturing in the US. China has a workforce of some of the best engineers in the entire world, which continue to drive down prices in all markets.
- avmich 1y agoThat's all irrelevant. When you use robots instead of actual people, you don't need that large manufacturing force - I mean, that many people in direct manufacturing. People will work on robots, yes - but robots will work on products. I'm greatly simplifying, of course, but the current state may mean little when we talk about changes.
- constantcrying 1y agoChina has better robots and is better at utilizing them, since they actually have a large workforce of engineers who do manufacturing. Those engineers do not exist in the US. It is also delusional to think that humans can be replaced by robots, robots are expensive and even right now car manufacturers in Europe, with very high labor costs, can not afford to replace humans with robots. China's advantage is not that their labor is cheaper. It is that they are outclassing the US in engineering, especially automation, and they have a cheaper labor force.