cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/9849334
Legacy automakers like Ford and Volkswagen try to blame their declining global market share on unfair subsidies and cheap labor. As a global supply chain expert, I expose the brutal reality: they are actually losing a war of industrial physics.
In this video, I break down “The 18-Month Death Sentence.” We explore how traditional Western automakers are paralyzed by a rigid 4-5 year R&D cycle, launching vehicles with technology that is already obsolete. Discover how Chinese EV manufacturers are treating cars like consumer electronics on wheels, utilizing extreme supply chain modularization to compress development down to an astonishing 18 months. Learn why tariffs and protectionist policies cannot save a fundamentally slower iteration cycle, and why hardware founders must learn to iterate at the speed of software to survive.
The Western ruling class loves to complain about “unfairness” when they can’t compete or dominate an industry. That’s like tying your own hands to your back during a game of volleyball, and then complaining that your opponent is winning because they chose not to do the same. Nothing is stopping them from investing in their own industries except their own ideology.
Oh yeah great, let’s treat developing cars like developing software. Let’s just have a quick glance over at how software development is going right now…
Or phone manufacturing, or appliances 😭😭😭😭
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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Counter. I don’t want to bring move fast and break things philosophy into vehicle manufacturing like Elon did.
Barely works in software
