I skimmed the article, how else would I have explicitly mentioned Tesla Shanghai? Also what is stopping Tesla Germany to also produce whatever Model? So this rattling by Tesla is just about not no longer be able to rely on cheap china labor.
It’s certainly true that they’re profitting off of the cheaper labor. I imagine their factory in Germany only has so much capacity and is tooled for manufacture of specific models. The original strategy with the resources they had lead them to break down their global manufacturing strategy in this way; but that’s not to say they CANNOT do it differently, it just made fiscal sense due to probably a thousand different factors.
So I imagine that yes, they COULD move operations to the EU. But it’s probably cheaper to fight legal battles and continue to operate this way for years while they’re resolved in the courts.
It wasn’t your “car” ignorance that was the issue, it was your “failed to read the article before commenting” ignorance that was in question.
I skimmed the article, how else would I have explicitly mentioned Tesla Shanghai? Also what is stopping Tesla Germany to also produce whatever Model? So this rattling by Tesla is just about not no longer be able to rely on cheap china labor.
It’s certainly true that they’re profitting off of the cheaper labor. I imagine their factory in Germany only has so much capacity and is tooled for manufacture of specific models. The original strategy with the resources they had lead them to break down their global manufacturing strategy in this way; but that’s not to say they CANNOT do it differently, it just made fiscal sense due to probably a thousand different factors.
So I imagine that yes, they COULD move operations to the EU. But it’s probably cheaper to fight legal battles and continue to operate this way for years while they’re resolved in the courts.