I’m not sure about 20% but with stagnant wages, Americans will eventually not be able to afford things. One of the first things to be cut will be items priced more than they’re worth (ie. Tariff + tariff)
True on the workforce cost and material cost. Maybe we need actual numbers to figure which way is the correct way as I don't know what % of the vehicle cost labor is.
But yeah, Trump is very tempermental and could always turn on you. I personally would just pull out of the US market and possibly piss off Hyundai owners but that's me. I just don't think importing from abroad is a good long term strategy.
It’s not about costs to corporate but about costs to consumer. Infrastructure investments come with a high initial cost but the cost is averaged(?) over time and becomes worth it.
The chicken tax doesn’t go away and is a set percentage for the consumer. If the tariffs are found to be legal, then they too will be a consistent cost addition for the consumer.
Even if it’s cheaper for corporate to build elsewhere, if the consumer won’t buy your car because of a constant added cost per car.
It is very early in the morning so my memory may be effected, but if i recall correctly, you need to manufacture cars in the US because with little exception, foreign produced cars are subject to the chicken tax.
Adding Trumps tariffs may lead to foreign manufactured Hyundais being unaffordable for Americans. And, as much as I criticize Hyundai and subsidiaries, they did jump into the EV game pretty early. It would be a shame to lose them in the US market
My "clueless" suggestion was to try to mitigate your "what if". I have no qualms about putting in speed bumps, narrowing the lanes and NOT provide a passing lane for emergency vehicles. You can use physical, controllable barriers to work within the same radio controlled infrastructure that already exists in many places that emergency vehicles use to communicate with traffic signals. There are retractable bollards, or even gates that can prevent normal access to the passing lane if you INSIST on a passing lane and preventing assholes.
Slowing down for a couple speed bumps will not significantly impact emergencies in most cases. If you have /data/ that demonstrates otherwise, please provide it.
This ain’t about you. It’s safer to have physical barriers to slow people down for the school and the community. Some people might be okay getting a fine whilst speeding through a camera monitored area.
A few speed bumps won’t affect the outcome of an ambulance or fire truck. It is not safe for them or the community for them to be going much more than the speed limit. If you really, really think it’s an issue, put an emergency vehicle passing lane of some sort like you have for people to keep going while a car tries to turn left
I’m not sure about 20% but with stagnant wages, Americans will eventually not be able to afford things. One of the first things to be cut will be items priced more than they’re worth (ie. Tariff + tariff)