US car companies have been protected and bailed out too many times and are now not only completely uncompetitive on the global market, but set up to be completely demolished as EVs take over.
Their bad leadership and overall inefficiency mean that either investors are going to pay a massive price, or US consumers are going to pay a massive price. If we keep on pushing up consumer costs by propping up bad manufacturers with protectionism and bail outs, the US's entire economy is dr-g down by that.
There needs to be some creative destruction, ruthless culling of the least efficient manufacturers, so that their best workers can go to the better manufacturers, if the US is ever going to be a top tier car manufacturer again.
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@j8 maybe not, but the trucks and suvs are
Yeah. Sure. EVs are going to take over.
@e9 oh come on… the cars aren’t that ugly in comparison
How is it unfair? Burnham has been ba----g on about a 10 year plan for months and then does nothing in the budget. The next opportunity is a year away. So what is it now an 8.5 year plan beginning a year and a half later?
US car manufacturer are not and cannot compete with the foreign companies.
If the IS government allows Chinese car manufacturers in the US, all US car companies will be out of business.
These are the reasons why: US car companies are poorly designed. Poor quality. Ugly. Expensive. Inefficient. Full of recalls. Not reliable. Outdated designs and outdated technology.
@OP For a minute I thought you had a typo: uncompetitive vs incompetent. No matter. They both are true!
@ag Well, that’s been the promise for the last 50 years or so. We are still waiting for the promised land.
What are you talking about? Do you realize how wrong you are and in particular in the Ford context?
Let me simplify it for you, the UEV and Model e services will absolutely take the market for EV and eventually the mobility market to task. I have no doubts.