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The withering dream of a cheap American electric car

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152 points voisin | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 23:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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knowitnone ◴[18 Nov 24 17:30 UTC] No.42174687[source]▶
After reading some of the comments, the next questions, why are automakers not building plants in Africa? Cheap labor force, cheap land, probably needs education and training. China is courting Africa, is the US?
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1. HeyLaughingBoy ◴[18 Nov 24 17:42 UTC] No.42174815[source]▶
Government stability? Supply chain? Cost of delivery? Just the first few guesses off the top of my head.

> probably needs education and training

That's not helping!