Re:BYD is automaker with the most R&D staff in the world
by maxglute on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @03:06AM
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US made like ~8 million cars post war, and now ~16 million.
IMO industrial base is not really issue (except shipping).
Issue is PRC with 4x more population and heavy coordination ability simply moved manufacturing dial to 11. Realistically 50, i.e. last year PRC shipbuilding produced comparable tonnage to entire 5 year US ship building program during WW2. It's not just loss of industrial capacity in some sectors, it's PRC is operating on an entirely different scale that US industry never had.
Building "back" in "Build back better" isn't enough, it has to be much "better" than US manufacturing ever was.
IMO industrial base is not really issue (except shipping).
Issue is PRC with 4x more population and heavy coordination ability simply moved manufacturing dial to 11. Realistically 50, i.e. last year PRC shipbuilding produced comparable tonnage to entire 5 year US ship building program during WW2. It's not just loss of industrial capacity in some sectors, it's PRC is operating on an entirely different scale that US industry never had.
Building "back" in "Build back better" isn't enough, it has to be much "better" than US manufacturing ever was.