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Re: We will soon see Vietnamese electric cars in the USA
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 2:45 am
by MGMcAnick
SEE!
Re: We will soon see Vietnamese electric cars in the USA
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 8:19 am
by Bicycle Bill
BoSoxGal wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 2:05 am
I seem to recall a few other automakers who were met with much skepticism when they first started selling in the USA - one of which is the maker of the most reliable car I’ve ever owned, still going at 23 years and fingers crossed
for a couple more. This automaker,
a slant eye operation called Toyota...
If anyone else had typed that, you'd have called them out as racist and clawed them a new asshole with your bare hands. But since
YOU posted it, I guess it's OK. I'm just surprised you didn't highlight it in yellow or post this emoji, just in case someone didn't get the message.
You're one hypocritical witch if I ever saw one.
-"BB"-
Re: We will soon see Vietnamese electric cars in the USA
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 11:10 am
by ex-khobar Andy
I think BSG was being a little sardonic BB so that was uncalled for. But in that same vein, my father who fought the Nazis on N Atlantic convoy duty and also took a landing craft to Utah (the Beach, not the State) on June 6 1944, would never consider buying a German car. But in that war the Germans were of course the aggressors rather than the defenders of their homeland.
Returning to the topic I wonder how it works for buyers of used vehicles. Also I don't know how fast a battery degrades but it seems to me that one with only 70% of its power will last for 210 miles instead of 300 (or whatever the actual numbers are) between charges and for most users that will be more than adequate. I note also these words in the piece:
Instead buyers will have the option to lease batteries from the company for a small monthly fee. Once the battery life degrades to 70%, Vin-Fast swaps in a new one, free of charge.
Well there's a new definition of 'free of charge.' (Unless of course they mean that the new battery still has to be connected to shore power before it will go vroom.)
Re: We will soon see Vietnamese electric cars in the USA
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 2:33 pm
by Burning Petard
No, I bought the Focus before I bought my last Escort. It may not be my last Ford. I totaled the Escort (purely my own fault) and later finally replaced the Focus at 180K. Don't ever tell me women can't drive. My wife made the last trip in the Focus--6 miles through city traffic in the afternoon with NO BRAKES. I would have parked it and called triple A for a tow. I am now looking at a Ford Ranger but I really want the F150 Thunder.
snailgate
Re: We will soon see Vietnamese electric cars in the USA
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 1:50 am
by MGMcAnick
Snailgate, Your brakeless Focus was probably made before the 2010 model year when the dual clutch automatic came out. The company has settled several lawsuits, replaced transmissions, and bought back hundreds of Focus and Fiesta cars made from 2011 to 2016.
Re: We will soon see Vietnamese electric cars in the USA
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:50 am
by Econoline
Joe Guy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 2:34 am
Just what we need. Cars manufactured in Vietnam using child labor.
Oh, look....you don't have to go all the way to southeast Asia anymore to find kids to build your cars...
Hyundai subsidiary has used child labor at Alabama factory
REUTERS
| JOSHUA SCHNEYER | JULY 28, 2022, 10:06 AM
LUVERNE, Alabama (Reuters) -A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of three underage workers, and eight former and current employees of the factory.
Underage workers, in some cases as young as 12, have recently worked at a metal stamping plant operated by SMART Alabama LLC, these people said. SMART, listed by Hyundai in corporate filings as a majority-owned unit, supplies parts for some of the most popular cars and SUVs built by the automaker in Montgomery, its flagship U.S. assembly plant.
In a statement sent after Reuters first published its findings on Friday, Hyundai said it "does not tolerate illegal employment practices at any Hyundai entity. We have policies and procedures in place that require compliance with all local, state and federal laws." It didn't answer detailed questions from Reuters about the findings.
SMART, in a separate statement, said it follows federal, state and local laws and "denies any allegation that it knowingly employed anyone who is ineligible for employment." The company said it relies on temporary work agencies to fill jobs and expects "these agencies to follow the law in recruiting, hiring, and placing workers on its premises."
SMART didn't answer specific questions about the workers cited in this story or on-the-job scenes they and other people familiar with the factory described.
Reuters learned of underage workers at the Hyundai-owned supplier following the brief disappearance in February of a Guatemalan migrant child from her family's home in Alabama.
The girl, who turns 14 this month, and her two brothers, aged 12 and 15, all worked at the plant earlier this year and weren't going to school, according to people familiar with their employment. Their father, Pedro Tzi, confirmed these people's account in an interview with Reuters.
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We really have become a third-world country.
for a couple more. This automaker,