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'We Have No Chance Against This': Honda Reacts To China's Supplier Strength (www.motor1.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to c/worldnews@aussie.zone

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Do we really think we have any capacity to match China in manufacturing? What can we do?

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[–] TheHolm@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

Too late now. We should have started 30 years ago by adjusting school programs. We just don’t have enough engineers to design anything at scale. Even if we can compete on design, there is no chance for them to compete on the cost of manufacturing. The biggest problem with Chinese products is that quality is going away; so there’s no advantage left for non‑Chinese automakers. Transition to EVs will be last nail in the coffin.