Trump: 'I want new plants to be built here for cars sold here' https://t.co/QLAzJ2aKcY— POLITICO (@politico) January 24, 2017
Sounds great but...
How many actual people will have long term employment if we give automakers all the corporate welfare they could ever dream of. What is the return on investment and whom will actually reap the profits? Workers, Wall Street or The Cayman Islands?
Hey, dum dum, who is going to make the assembly line robots? Where do auto parts come from? That's just the beginning of questions you perhaps forgot to ask.
Where are the financial spreadsheets proving that this move to all domestic production will not impact the sales price of cars so much that sales plummet?
How many actual people will have long term employment if we give automakers all the corporate welfare they could ever dream of. What is the return on investment and whom will actually reap the profits? Workers, Wall Street or The Cayman Islands?
Hey, dum dum, who is going to make the assembly line robots? Where do auto parts come from? That's just the beginning of questions you perhaps forgot to ask.
Where are the financial spreadsheets proving that this move to all domestic production will not impact the sales price of cars so much that sales plummet?
Toyota Camry Hybrid Factory Robots
How many people working do you see?
These folks make the robotic assembly lines
KUKA Systems GmbH
KUKA Systems GmbH, Blücherstraße 144, 86165 Augsburg, Germany
KUKA is the world's leading provider of production systems in the automotive industry. With years of experience, we are the master in the design of flexible and efficient production processes.
They do have a one plant located in the United States. I am too lazy to look right now but who makes the stuff to make the robots?
Following are some of Ford's main parts suppliers, along with the parts they supply:
• Flex-N-Gate Seeburn, Ontario, Canada: door hinges and arms;
• NHK Spring, Shiga-ken, Japan: suspension stabilizer linkages;
• U-Shin Europe, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary: steering columns;
• Valeo Electric and Electronic Systems, Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland: starter assemblies;
• Webasto Roof & Components, Schierling, Germany: sliding sunroofs;
• Summit Plastics, Nanjing, China: instrument panel components;
• Dee Zee, Des Moines, Iowa: running boards;
• Warn Industries, Milwaukie, Oregon: axle assemblies;
• Chaidneme, Carabobo, Venezuela: mufflers and exhaust systems; and
• Autoliv, Valencia, Spain: airbags.
