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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. rantingdemon ◴[19 Nov 24 08:47 UTC] No.42181269[source]▶

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In South Africa as far as I know we are already building cars for export markets.

This being

- VW - Mercedes Benz - Ford - BMW

(I think there may be a couple more).

Point being is that there are already some plants in "Africa".

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