In protecting their deep pocket petroleum funders Republicans have screwed over the USA first on solar energy dominance, then wind and hydro dominance, and now on EVs and factory automation. They talk a big game about beating China, then stall every effort to compete and win against China.
We can't do this and China can.
That is the fault of our political parties, mainly Republicans.
Chinese factories can build a car in 77 seconds, with robots doing the work at a scale the U.S. cannot match right now. And Trump is out here talking about tariffs like they are a magic switch that makes America “make things again.” Look at the automation in that kind of plant. Even with tariffs, it would take the U.S. decades, realistically 40 years, to rebuild the industrial base and the machine building capability needed to produce that level of robotics at scale, then stack enough volume to get true economies of scale.
And for what, exactly. U.S. cars barely have a market outside the U.S. Meanwhile China builds for the world. As for the rest of the planet watching America’s tariff daydreams: couldn’t the world care less.
