BMW has been talking about this car for a while but not sure ix3 is slated for sale in all markets.
I really don't like to see how much EV production is going to china. The last thing we need is them cornering all aspects of electrification/green energy.
Our public electrical utility here in Quebec is heavily invested in Battery and EV technologies. Its all public money but theyre trying hard to improve electrification because lets be honest the utility is the one to profit the most from it even though is government run. But The U.S. should follow suit. They'd be better off and more equipped or else the U.S. will fall behind everybody if they keep propping up the oil companies instead.
It could end up being like what happened to semiconductor industry. At least key technologies like battery etc should be not as concentrated - assembly itself is not that critical but the underlying technology is
Right, and that's one of the main reasons I try to buy major purchases from US companies. It's even more important to have the engineering and R&D done here to keep competitive as a nation, and keeping the profits here doesn't hurt either. I would also like assembly to be here, but keeping the technological lead with R&D is far more crucial for future generations than an assembly plant that will be mostly automated anyway.
I was really hoping that the Mach E was going to be manufactured here in Canada because of how our infrasturcture was built. Canadas with Ford just came in too late. Mexico i guess is the next best ghing i guess. I am even more surprised that tesla hasnt built a factory here yet but i guess our tax system just scares businesses to go to china. Since these cars being manufactured in china im assuming it just comes down to cost and thats why theyre only releasing to Europe and Asia. They want to try and rebuild there stockpiles before heading to NA. Im not sure how happy the Germans are w another german brand building in China? Will the germans warm themselves to buying this car?
Ford is building their electrics in Canada, not sure you are aware?
Yes, thought I saw a news item about that. Also why I said I have no problem with Canada either. I am glad to see that Ford is doing that.
There was supposed to be a joint venture in china but the company went bankrupt so the deal fell through.
to be fair, VW is committing to building the ID.4 in TN. Just not yet.
I mean the entire Mach-E's "EV" bits are all outsourced as it is. It's not like Ford R&D did the battery... or the motor... or the inverter... etc. in house. I still haven't seen any indication they're willing to take the leap and fully vertically integrate.
