Auto Industry Struggles
Discussions focus on traditional car manufacturers' challenges with innovation, EVs, software, and competition from tech companies like Tesla, highlighting core competencies in engines, outsourcing, and failure to adapt.
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FYI, Toyota bought a 500m stake in Uber. Some of these car companies just consider the internal combustion engine to be their core competency; then just outsource everything else. Usually to India, Japan or H1B bodyshops.
Auto industry already realized this doesn't work, maybe ai will make it moot.
The entire automotive industry isn't one company.
People would probably wise up and buy toyota, nissan, gm, etc. There is more than one car maker.
Its not that it had a big chance, its that because everyone (other auto manufacturers) was doing it and you have to keep up to make the shareholders happy
Its not about the car, its about company unable to make money
Yeah but how would the car manufacturers make any money /S
Could they get into the car industry?
You mean like car companies?https://www.nationalreview.com/news/ford-latest-automaker-to...
No car company builds cars from scratch (a few niche players might come close but they are economically insignificant despite the astronomical prices of the vehicles). I have a friend in the industry and his description of car makers is that they are kit assemblers (it's not said disparagingly).Of course BMW, Mercedes, GM, etc. do a lot of design work but a lot of the parts are either standardised or within the customization range of their suppliers.This is of course how Tesla manage