On 3/27/20 7:56 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/27/2020 7:35 PM, Tim wrote:
Mr. Luddite
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Take a chill pill.Â* Or maybe you've already taken too many?

First of all, it's not like GM or Ford or Tesla has to start from
scratch. The POTUS under the Defense Production Act can order
the design drawings, manufacturing procedures, bills of material
with sources from any current manufacturer to be given to GM,
Ford or Tesla.Â* What the auto manufacturers bring to the table
is manufacturing capacity.

Second, I am surprised to see you dumping on the Donald in this
case.Â* It was GM (big business, remember?)Â* who was trying to
extort and take advantage of a national crisis. “
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I’m surprised that someone like Toyota or Honda hasn’t already put
them into production.Â* Or the people who make CPAC machines for that
matter



Toyota or Honda could probably do it but I am not sure they fall under
the Defense Production Act.Â* Maybe the US plants do.

The key isn't a need to re-invent the wheel.Â* The key
is manufacturing capacity and space to do it,Â* something the auto
manufacturers have.

Issue here is that GM, Ford and Tesla offered without being
asked or directed to by invoking the act.Â* GM apparently
reneged somewhat, lowering how many they could build
and upping the price.

Remains to be seen what Ford and Tesla does.



The reality is, the Trump Administration is not being transparent on
this issue, and therefore we don't know what transpired between Trump
and GM. Just today, he apparently told Pence not to call the governors
of at least two states regarding the virus because they didn't
"appreciate" him.