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In Washington, bad ideas rarely die - they rebrand. Industrial policy - long discredited in theory and practice - has returned under the more palatable language of "resilience" and "strategic supply chains."
...than America has done in 80 years since WWII
...but will OWN YOU!
We didn't go to ConExpo 2026 just to walk the show floor. We went to meet the companies behind the parts we use on our trucks at Edison Motors and see how they're building equipment that actually holds up in the real world.
While Hyundai's diverse Ioniq range of electric vehicles (EV) has been racking up awards around the world, it hasn't been available in China ?" until now.
Terafab is their joint venture for a massive, vertically integrated semiconductor facility (primarily in Austin, Texas) that combines logic chips, memory (HBM), advanced packaging, testing, and even photomask production all under one roof
Carving out a niche in domestic manufacturing has never been more accessible and imperative.
Plastics are core to the modern economy, and a troubling new Bloomberg report indicates that several producers of monoethylene glycol (MEG) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) have declared force majeure, as tanker flows through the Strait of Hormuz
"Faster growth of output in March points to encouraging resilience for US manufacturing in the face of the outbreak of war in the Middle East,"
...because if they don't, how will they sell you new crap? So they have stopped making parts. But you can defeat their evil plans,...the Cuban way.
There are reports Tesla Giga Shanghai already has dedicated production lines running for the standard Model 3.
They just asked robotics companies to build a cargo ship that can sneak 2,000 miles through contested waters without a single sailor on board.
Things are not looking good for Harley Davidson. Particularly for people who work for Harley Davidson - lots of whom are, apparently, not going to be working for Harley Davidson much longer.
...as ISM Manufacturing survey mysteriously exploded higher.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced plans to wind down production of the Model S and Model X as the company shifts its focus toward Artificial Intelligence and Humanoid Robotics.
New Massachusetts law requires manufacturers be honest about when devices will die
It's been a while since Toyota revealed plans to launch the new electric C-HR SUV. It's set to become the company's smallest battery-powered crossover, and not just that, it will also become Toyota's most affordable e-SUV.
The perpetually delayed Tesla Roadster is still missing. Caterham's new EV sports car fills that gap–and has a NACS port.
Liquid metal (LM) offers exceptional potential for stretchable and flexible applications due to its outstanding stretchability, flexibility, and electrical conductivity.
Host:
Ernest Hancock
Chace Barber (President and Founder of Edison Motors) provides an update on their diesel electric trucks, their vision for a sustainable, right-to-repair future, and the future of their mission
Korea Zinc plans a $7.4 billion investment to construct a large-scale non-ferrous metals smelter in Clarksville, Tennessee, a project U.S. officials say will materially expand domestic critical minerals processing capacity and strengthen supply chain
Correction: Apparently it is an urban legend that data centers use a lot of water. The water used for cooling is recycled in the cooling process. Therefore, water usage by data centers is moderate.
...and 40,000 of Britain's top jobs to America or Germany
Four years after Ford bravely electrified its best-selling vehicle, the F-150 Lightning pickup, it seemed ready to drop the model owing to slowing demand. Now, it turns out the company's got other plans. It's reengineering the flagship truck for 2026
Keep building like this and you're manufacturing future bankruptcies...
America's great build-out will test the limits of labour supply, material availability, and monetary policy flexibility...
...but industrial production saw its biggest annual gain since Nov 2022.
Japan's Bond Market and the Carry Trade, Impact on US Treasury Rates and Trump's Debt Refinancing Plan, China's Gold Purchases and US Treasury Debt, etc...
...and Announces Historic $912 Million Investment in U.S. Plants
Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can't fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: 'We are in trouble in our country'
