This rather more analytical article deals with issues of the need for scale, esp in lower cost low margin models, achievable in USA & China but less so in a market 20th the size
Also end to end production, flexibility of production
@chrismiller_uk has discussed many such issues
Also end to end production, flexibility of production
@chrismiller_uk has discussed many such issues
First market size for purely domestic production.
Then Labour costs eating into the already small margins.
Then debunking the claim of increasing Nissan production.
Then Labour costs eating into the already small margins.
Then debunking the claim of increasing Nissan production.
Do course they would have modelled it as part of a routine costed options appraisal, part of a decision making process in project planning.
Then rejected it as uneconomic.
South Africa reduced the number of models and became a large export hub.
Oh dear. Tariffs on the U.K.
Then rejected it as uneconomic.
South Africa reduced the number of models and became a large export hub.
Oh dear. Tariffs on the U.K.
Australia withered, closing its last plant in 2017.
U.K. would be another single midsized market.
Will manufacturing advances enabling multiple models to be produced on the same production lines help?
Maybe. But, for instance, the Ellsmere Port plant exports 80% of its cars
U.K. would be another single midsized market.
Will manufacturing advances enabling multiple models to be produced on the same production lines help?
Maybe. But, for instance, the Ellsmere Port plant exports 80% of its cars
Then there’s the question of the supply chain as not enough parts are made in the U.K. tarries are lower in parts than cars (2.5% v 10%) but there are still NTBs.
Electric cars use fewer moving parts, but where would the batteries be produced?
And demand is small at present.
Electric cars use fewer moving parts, but where would the batteries be produced?
And demand is small at present.
