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bitonti · 12-01-2011, 04:22 PM

[QUOTE=Winstonbiggs;4259368]GM made the annoucement at the end of September.

[url]http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/09/gm-cuts-china-electric-car-deal----a-china-shakedown/1[/url]
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read your own link "Unclear is whether this would also lead to assembly of future EVs for the U.S. market in China."

there is a considerable import cost to transporting assembled cars across an ocean. as the price labor goes up in China, this becomes less likely not more likely.

12-01-2011, 04:22 PM	#21
bitonti searching Hall Of Fame Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philly Posts: 38,786	[QUOTE=Winstonbiggs;4259368]GM made the annoucement at the end of September. [url]http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/09/gm-cuts-china-electric-car-deal----a-china-shakedown/1[/url] [/QUOTE] read your own link "Unclear is whether this would also lead to assembly of future EVs for the U.S. market in China." there is a considerable import cost to transporting assembled cars across an ocean. as the price labor goes up in China, this becomes less likely not more likely.