I find it perfidious how GM only takes pride in being an American company when it suits the leadership. The image of American workers building American cars for the American market is simply not there anymore ( I always get disgusted lately when I see that image of young worker wearing a cowboy hat, assembling a GM truck). The only reason they are keeping production in America is branding, and the fear that they will lose that American element in the company tradition , what makes them what they are. If it weren’t for that all USA production would be long gone. Who thought that the day will come when Toyotas that are built in Kentucky by US workers and from US materials would be more american cars then GM models ( not trying to advertise Toyota, feel free to apply any other foreign brand that’s assembled in the US)
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Kyle B Parish , you're full of sh-- ,
I've been saying China for years now.
Technically they're American now, but that'll change soon when the remnants of GM and Ford, both, are swept up by the Chinese.
I am not a liberal however the data is that most of the big benefits have gone to those already doing very well for years now. Being an officially American company means those benefits go to certain Americans.
Meanwhile, if you employ Americans, those people definitely receive at least the fruits of their labors from their own hands and minds.
So for all practical purposes at this time, the employer of Americans is offering the middle class the bigger benefit. Having your world HQ here does not.
Before foreign automakers had plants here we complained about that. They responded and there are many. Credit where credit is due (and not where it is not).
That all makes GM international (at best), and Toyota and Honda and so on effectively American. They certainly have earned many happy customers here, and they did it with hard work, good engineering, and good management.
Electric vehicles that never need to be charged and produce more energy the faster they go?
How does this work?
Kyle that is awesome! I would absolutely love to learn more , very interesting.
The reason GM is making the maneuvers it's making is because of the electric vehicle technology that will be coming out in about 2 years which I came up with and suggested to them about 1 year ago. There most likely will never be a need to charge GM's electric vehicles and the faster they go the more electricity they will produce. Look for those cars toward the end of 2020.
I'm in college at 40 years old , I have interviewed alot of the younger students , I asked what they thought of the automotive industry the overwhelming response is I can't find a job in engineering mechanical or electrical and the other is I wouldn't touch or even consider automotive.
Youth can only be deceived for so long, and then they grow up.
Grown ups don't buy nor support GM. If you still do, you either haven't worked for this company, or....
GM sells internationally, sources most parts internationally, but is HQ'd in America, and has most of its workers in America so both?