The future of car manufacturing in the US

[gargamon]

Sorry MAGA, no jobs.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/30/style/edward-burtynsky-china-africa-snap

CNN — 

Depicting endless rows of uniformed workers, Edward Burtynsky’s iconic images of mid-2000s Chinese factories spoke to the seemingly inexhaustible human labor behind China’s economic miracle. Just two decades later, the photographer’s glimpse inside an electric car plant near Shanghai presents the opposite phenomenon: a complete absence of people.

“This is a factory built by humans but run by robots,” Burtynsky said of the facility, which is owned by top Chinese automaker BYD, on a Zoom call. “I think it’s a foreshadowing of where our future is.”

BYD is at the forefront of a technological revolution. Last year, the company’s annual revenues surpassed American rival Tesla’s for the first time as it delivered 4.27 million vehicles (the 1.76 million EVs it produced in 2024 was just short of Tesla’s 1.79 million, but the Chinese company also delivered around 2.5 million hybrid vehicles). Its success is, partly, down to price: BYD’s entry-level model, the Seagull, starts at around $10,000 in China, a fraction of the $32,000 Tesla charges for its least expensive offering, the Model 3. And this affordability is, partly, down to highly automated manufacturing.

In 2023, Burtynsky was granted rare access to a BYD plant in Changzhou, a city about two hours’ drive from Shanghai. He obtained permission through the personal connections of British architect Sir Norman Foster, who wanted a cover image for Domus, a magazine he was guest-editing about the future of various industries, including transportation.

 

The Canadian photographer said the BYD plant had a “cathedral-esque” quality. 

[blaze master]

Its been in decline for decades. No one cared about anything but profits and shareholder dividends.

 

And now with automation and AI.

 

Lights out. 

[KhunLA]

It's safe, as long as they keep banning cars from CH via tariffs.   

 

Not sure what the MAGA has to do with he subject, aside from spewing my hate.   Therapy may help with that ... or not 

 

 

[ThreeCardMonte]

2 hours ago, gargamon said:

Sorry MAGA, no jobs.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/30/style/edward-burtynsky-china-africa-snap

CNN — 

Depicting endless rows of uniformed workers, Edward Burtynsky’s iconic images of mid-2000s Chinese factories spoke to the seemingly inexhaustible human labor behind China’s economic miracle. Just two decades later, the photographer’s glimpse inside an electric car plant near Shanghai presents the opposite phenomenon: a complete absence of people.

“This is a factory built by humans but run by robots,” Burtynsky said of the facility, which is owned by top Chinese automaker BYD, on a Zoom call. “I think it’s a foreshadowing of where our future is.”

BYD is at the forefront of a technological revolution. Last year, the company’s annual revenues surpassed American rival Tesla’s for the first time as it delivered 4.27 million vehicles (the 1.76 million EVs it produced in 2024 was just short of Tesla’s 1.79 million, but the Chinese company also delivered around 2.5 million hybrid vehicles). Its success is, partly, down to price: BYD’s entry-level model, the Seagull, starts at around $10,000 in China, a fraction of the $32,000 Tesla charges for its least expensive offering, the Model 3. And this affordability is, partly, down to highly automated manufacturing.

In 2023, Burtynsky was granted rare access to a BYD plant in Changzhou, a city about two hours’ drive from Shanghai. He obtained permission through the personal connections of British architect Sir Norman Foster, who wanted a cover image for Domus, a magazine he was guest-editing about the future of various industries, including transportation.

 

The Canadian photographer said the BYD plant had a “cathedral-esque” quality. 

And you believe what CNN puts out as news.

[frank83628]

5 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

And you believe what CNN puts out as news.

Yes, they all do, and when they get proven wrong they just move onto the next thing CNN puts out

[novacova]

3 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

And you believe what CNN puts out as news.

Of course, CNN is a reliable information source for those on the left as they are proficient at keeping their followers roped in.

[angryguy]

How long did CNN cover the magnificent once in a lifetime bombing of the iran nuclear program? Not negative enough i guess

[mogandave]

Well, it’s a good thing were kicking all those illegals out, plenty of jobs picking lefty’s fruit!

[Peter Crow]

Bring Your Drive.

[JAG]

45 minutes ago, angryguy said:

How long did CNN cover the magnificent once in a lifetime bombing of the iran nuclear program? Not negative enough i guess

Magnificent?

 

They waited until the Israelis had done the really dangerous bit, dismantling the Iranian air defences and command and communication networks, then bimbled in at high altitude, dropped their bombs and bimbled off again.

 

It was a display of the unparalleled technology owned by the US Air force, but hardly magnificent!

[angryguy]

14 minutes ago, JAG said:

Magnificent?

 

They waited until the Israelis had done the really dangerous bit, dismantling the Iranian air defences and command and communication networks, then bimbled in at high altitude, dropped their bombs and bimbled off again.

 

It was a display of the unparalleled technology owned by the US Air force, but hardly magnificent!

It was magnificent for me. I was waiting six months for it. It deserves to be in the news for another month in my opinion

[mogandave]

41 minutes ago, JAG said:

Magnificent?

 

They waited until the Israelis had done the really dangerous bit, dismantling the Iranian air defences and command and communication networks, then bimbled in at high altitude, dropped their bombs and bimbled off again.

 

It was a display of the unparalleled technology owned by the US Air force, but hardly magnificent!

What has your s-hole country done lately?

[JAG]

3 hours ago, mogandave said:

What has your s-hole country done lately?

Expended a lot of blood and treasure in two wars (Iraq and Afghanistan) in which we fought alongside your (s-hole) country at your request. Only to see you spectacularly bug out.

 

636 of our servicemen and servicewomen died fighting alongside yours. Not too bad for a s-hole country I would suggest!

[BLMFem]

4 hours ago, angryguy said:

It was magnificent for me. I was waiting six months for it. It deserves to be in the news for another month in my opinion

Don't think Donny wants that as there are serious doubts about what the "magnificent" bombing achieved. 

[BLMFem]

3 hours ago, mogandave said:

What has your s-hole country done lately?

You really shouldn't go there. There are but a few countries acting like a-holes these days, and only one of them is a democracy.

Having said that, the inglorious leader of said democracy is working hard to change its political status to something like tinpot dictatorship.

[mikebike]

Freak ING hilarious. The first 3 responses were on topic to the OP. Then sycophants showed up with all the whataboutism and off we go into lala land 😜🤣

[Mike_Hunt]

7 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

You really shouldn't go there. There are but a few countries acting like a-holes these days, and only one of them is a democracy.

Having said that, the inglorious leader of said democracy is working hard to change its political status to something like tinpot dictatorship.

How?

[jvs]

4 hours ago, angryguy said:

It was magnificent for me. I was waiting six months for it. It deserves to be in the news for another month in my opinion

Just don't get angry about it ok?

 

[BLMFem]

7 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

How?

 

Bernie lists some of the ways here:

 

Bernie Sanders: President Trump ‘wants all of the power’

[Mike_Hunt]

1 minute ago, BLMFem said:

 

Bernie lists some of the ways here:

 

Bernie Sanders: President Trump ‘wants all of the power’

Say it in your own words.

[gargamon]

15 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

How?

This should be the standard response to the idiotic questions.

[BLMFem]

2 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Say it in your own words.

Can't be @rsed, buddy. Sorry about that, I'm sure you were ready to be convinced.

[Mike_Hunt]

7 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

Can't be @rsed, buddy. Sorry about that, I'm sure you were ready to be convinced.

You can never answer a direct question.  Why?

[Mike_Hunt]

9 minutes ago, gargamon said:

This should be the standard response to the idiotic questions.

Can you please site two examples.

[BLMFem]

1 minute ago, Mike_Hunt said:

You can never answer a direct question.  Why?

That is demonstrably not true, buddy, so why would you say that?

[Mike_Hunt]

12 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

That is demonstrably not true, buddy, so why would you say that?

cite two examples.

[Bannoi]

China will take over the world they will be the only car manufacturer. When everybody is driving a Chinese car the cars will take us all prisoner and will not let us out until we can all speak fluent Chinese.

[JAG]

7 minutes ago, Bannoi said:

China will take over the world they will be the only car manufacturer. When everybody is driving a Chinese car the cars will take us all prisoner and will not let us out until we can all speak fluent Chinese.

It must be so, I have it on impeccable authority that it was in one of the encrypted files on Hunter Biden's laptop!

[candide]

10 hours ago, gargamon said:

Sorry MAGA, no jobs.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/30/style/edward-burtynsky-china-africa-snap

CNN — 

Depicting endless rows of uniformed workers, Edward Burtynsky’s iconic images of mid-2000s Chinese factories spoke to the seemingly inexhaustible human labor behind China’s economic miracle. Just two decades later, the photographer’s glimpse inside an electric car plant near Shanghai presents the opposite phenomenon: a complete absence of people.

“This is a factory built by humans but run by robots,” Burtynsky said of the facility, which is owned by top Chinese automaker BYD, on a Zoom call. “I think it’s a foreshadowing of where our future is.”

BYD is at the forefront of a technological revolution. Last year, the company’s annual revenues surpassed American rival Tesla’s for the first time as it delivered 4.27 million vehicles (the 1.76 million EVs it produced in 2024 was just short of Tesla’s 1.79 million, but the Chinese company also delivered around 2.5 million hybrid vehicles). Its success is, partly, down to price: BYD’s entry-level model, the Seagull, starts at around $10,000 in China, a fraction of the $32,000 Tesla charges for its least expensive offering, the Model 3. And this affordability is, partly, down to highly automated manufacturing.

In 2023, Burtynsky was granted rare access to a BYD plant in Changzhou, a city about two hours’ drive from Shanghai. He obtained permission through the personal connections of British architect Sir Norman Foster, who wanted a cover image for Domus, a magazine he was guest-editing about the future of various industries, including transportation.

 

The Canadian photographer said the BYD plant had a “cathedral-esque” quality. 

Thanks to the mere size of its domestic market, China is able to reach uncomparable levels of economies of scale for all economic goods.

 

The U.S. has been benefitting from this type of advantage for decades after WW2. Now it's China's turn.

 

Even large economies such as the US or the EU will find it hard to compete. The only way is to unite and create a global market including those two entities, plus others such as Japan. This is obviously not what the current US administration is aiming at.

[KhunLA]

1 minute ago, candide said:

Thanks to the mere size of its domestic market, China is able to reach uncomparable levels of economies of scale for all economic goods.

 

The U.S. has been benefitting from this type of advantage for decades after WW2. Now it's China's turn.

 

Even large economies such as the US or the EU will find it hard to compete. The only way is to unite and create a global market including those two entities, plus others such as Japan. This is obviously not what the current US administration is aiming at.

US, EU & JP are too far behind to even come close to catching up, within the next decade.   Best bet is continue their silly taxes/tariffs and hope they can compete sometime in the future.   Though highly unlikely.