Vietnam car maker begins build for North Carolina electric vehicle plant

anonymoose said:
I remember when Kia and Hyundai were considered substandard. Good that a Vietnamese company is making an effort . They’re not exactly third world. I been there.
They’ll catch up. And they’ll be part of the western alliance along with s. Korea, Taiwan Japan, et Al.
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Suuuure.

But at the moment this company is ahead if its skis Big Time.
 
anonymoose said:
I remember when Kia and Hyundai were considered substandard. Good that a Vietnamese company is making an effort . They’re not exactly third world. I been there.
They’ll catch up. And they’ll be part of the western alliance along with s. Korea, Taiwan Japan, et Al.
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This company is more on the level of Yugo. It's only been in business for a few years and is a totally private venture. I think they prematurely brought their product to the US. KIA and Hyundai were already well established in Korea where they were leading sellers. VinFast doesn't have any of that going for them. They're a start-up company at this point.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
This company is more on the level of Yugo. It's only been in business for a few years and is a totally private venture. I think they prematurely brought their product to the US. KIA and Hyundai were already well established in Korea where they were leading sellers. VinFast doesn't have any of that going for them. They're a start-up company at this point.
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VaporWear.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
This company is more on the level of Yugo. It's only been in business for a few years and is a totally private venture. I think they prematurely brought their product to the US. KIA and Hyundai were already well established in Korea where they were leading sellers. VinFast doesn't have any of that going for them. They're a start-up company at this point.
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I'm sure they've market tested their product, you don't set up shop in a foreign nation without doing some research.

Ev's aren't cheap and if they can put out a decent alternative, with something that doesn't completely suck, they may get a foothold.

There's little doubt that EV's are going to be the future whether we like it or not.
 
Tinkerpeach said:
I'm sure they've market tested their product, you don't set up shop in a foreign nation without doing some research.

Ev's aren't cheap and if they can put out a decent alternative, with something that doesn't completely suck, they may get a foothold.

There's little doubt that EV's are going to be the future whether we like it or not.
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I suspect like most everything the Left does, EV's will prove so problematic that the second somebody invents say, a good fuel cell car, they'll die off in short order. The biggest drawback, and there's no way around it, is recharging the vehicle. It is neither quick nor convenient.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
I suspect like most everything the Left does, EV's will prove so problematic that the second somebody invents say, a good fuel cell car, they'll die off in short order. The biggest drawback, and there's no way around it, is recharging the vehicle. It is neither quick nor convenient.
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i agree that it's not ready yet but it's a natural progression like going from oil lamps to the light bulb.

It's the way technology works.

I remember the early cell phones took forever to charge but now you just need to set it by a charger and it does it remotely.

I am sure there are many companies looking for the first big break through on recharging to get the jump on the market.

Besides, we can't get to the technology beyond electric vehicles without first incorporating them.

Competition drives innovation and ultimately technology.
 
Tinkerpeach said:
i agree that it's not ready yet but it's a natural progression like going from oil lamps to the light bulb.

It's the way technology works.

I remember the early cell phones took forever to charge but now you just need to set it by a charger and it does it remotely.

I am sure there are many companies looking for the first big break through on recharging to get the jump on the market.

Besides, we can't get to the technology beyond electric vehicles without first incorporating them.

Competition drives innovation and ultimately technology.
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EV's have been around now for nearly 150 years. They have never succeeded in the market when there was competition. The Left has recognized that in their own deluded way and as a result they're pressing to eliminate the competition because that's the only way they can force their delusions down everybody's throats.
 
RB 60 said:
Americans didn't build the Yugo...
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And, you'd be wrong.

Bricklin started Yugo America to import the car, and the Zastava factory set up a separate assembly line to build American-market Yugos. In mid-1986, the base model Yugo GV started at just $3990 (about 10 grand in 2022 dollars).
https://insider.hagerty.com/trends/...,,just $3990 (about 10 grand in 2022 dollars).

Bricklin was a micro automotive manufacturer in the US. Their car was the SV-1 (for "Safety Vehicle"), built on a Camero chassis.

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So, like VinFast, they set up an assembly plant in the US to put the cars together because of US laws regarding imports vs. cars "made" in the US. It got them around the Yugo being an "import" and kept the price lower.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
And, you'd be wrong.

Bricklin started Yugo America to import the car, and the Zastava factory set up a separate assembly line to build American-market Yugos. In mid-1986, the base model Yugo GV started at just $3990 (about 10 grand in 2022 dollars).
https://insider.hagerty.com/trends/...,,just $3990 (about 10 grand in 2022 dollars).

Bricklin was a micro automotive manufacturer in the US. Their car was the SV-1 (for "Safety Vehicle"), built on a Camero chassis.

1974-bricklin-sv-1


So, like VinFast, they set up an assembly plant in the US to put the cars together because of US laws regarding imports vs. cars "made" in the US. It got them around the Yugo being an "import" and kept the price lower.
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Yugo was assembled here with sub-par foreign parts.
There were less than 3000 Bricklins built and they had major issues. A failure of many sorts.
 
NiftyNiblick said:
I suppose , unless there's a union on site and you don't want to join it.

Then you have a right to go fuck yourself, which,
as far as I'm concerned,
all red states can do.:)
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A union should not have the right to decide if you can work on not. The right to work is a basic human right. I know of a single mother of THREE kids. When the phone company went out on strike she had to work or lose her home. So while she was at work some of her union coworkers broke into her home and trashed it. They even pissed on her bed. That is just a scummy thing to do. The right to work is a basic human right.
 
Tinkerpeach said:
That's how you get business, besides they will get more money from the 7500 people working there then they would taxing the company.

This is how business works.

This is what democrats don't understand.

They want to tax corporations at extremely high rates to pay for their social programs then wonder why the corporation left their state.

This is what California is experiencing right now.
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Tesla is moving to Austin.
 
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