Comments on: A Modest Proposal For The Auto Industry: Stop Building Cars

By: مركز تحميل

مركز تحميل — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:43:14 +0000

I like the modular approach myself, agree, lets tip it over while its already falling and rebuild.

By: batman

batman — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:02:08 +0000

double marginalization is welfare maximizing?

read an economics book, dude

By: Letter to Obama: What the Car Industry Needs Is A Steve Jobs | Blog YODspica Ltd

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:35:57 +0000

[...] a product=specific approach is worth considering, even one which results in American car companies no longer building any cars, but just designing them. After all, Apple doesn’t manufacture its own [...]

By: Home Business Answered » Will entrepreneurs be fleeing the U.S.?

Home Business Answered » Will entrepreneurs be fleeing the U.S.? — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:28:43 +0000

[...] think they should stop manufacturing cars and just design them. Some think they should take all the stimulus money and give it venture capitalists. Some [...]

By: Sage

Sage — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:08:09 +0000

Vertical Integration from a large manufacturing perspective is ALWAYS beneficial in the short to medium run because of the cost savings. With horizontal integration each company has a board, executives, marketing departments, etc… All of this redundancy and extra costs disappear when one company owns all the means of production. I mean, you’re great titans of the 19th and 20th Century operated this way. Standard Oil is the best example of it. Vertical Integration saves tremendous costs, eliminates certain risks and promotes scalability. Vertical Integration has some definite advantages.

By: Will entrepreneurs be fleeing the U.S.?

Will entrepreneurs be fleeing the U.S.? — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:01:09 +0000

[...] think they should stop manufacturing cars and just design them. Some think they should take all the stimulus money and give it venture capitalists. Some [...]

By: Letter to Obama: What the Car Industry Needs Is A Steve Jobs

Letter to Obama: What the Car Industry Needs Is A Steve Jobs — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:05:34 +0000

By: Is there a future for the auto industry? Re-engineer the whole scene. « empowering by koppany varga

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:03:44 +0000

[...] voices with headlight, economics pundits overwhelmingly say: it’s been screwed for good, stop building cars. To come up with history and pride? Come on, this movie is screened in another theatre. Forget [...]

By: Too Big to Fail? : The Allegator

Too Big to Fail? : The Allegator — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:51:03 +0000

[...] who specialize, and that replacement parts would be standardized enough to be cheaply available. TechCrunch has an awesome article about the concept which explains it far better than I [...]

By: graphpaper.com - Designed in Detroit by General Motors

graphpaper.com - Designed in Detroit by General Motors — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:19:34 +0000

[...] technology- based transformation of the business. Whether admonishing the industry to “Stop Building Cars“, encouraging a conversion to a design-based auto industry (some flat out asking “What [...]

By: Peter Oppewall

Peter Oppewall — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:36:21 +0000

Tesla has been trying to build many of their components, and as much of their drive train from scratch as they can, which is one reason some say, why they are floundering. They also modified the Lotus Elise design so much that it dramatically increased the cost (such as lowering the door sill 2 inches.) reportedly something Martin Eberhard disagreed with. (He was subsequently ousted.) BTW Tesla has an electric motor, not an engine.

By: Peter Oppewall

Peter Oppewall — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:19:02 +0000

Actually, Porsche is discontinuing that relationship in favor of a outsourced mfg for Boxter closer to home.

Cars aren’t computers, a significant aspect of car ownership is service and repair. A large part of the value of a large scale operation is a national dealership and service network. Would you buy a car that can only be serviced where it was manufactured?

By: FredMurtz

FredMurtz — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:40:10 +0000

Before we blame the workers at the Big Three for the company’s problems we need actual pay stubs from workers at Toyota and Mercedes at American plants doing the same job to compare. We would also need actual compensation packages for the CEO’s of the companies; otherwise we are plotting our graph first and then making the data fit.

By: FredMurtz

FredMurtz — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:40:09 +0000

By: Vertical integration is auto industry problem « Jonathan Rogers’s Blog

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:49:34 +0000

[...] 4, 2008 by Jonathan Theory found on TechCrunch that hypothesizes the problem with the auto industry is that for any give…. From the body to the radio to the engine to the seats – all are made(or at least designed) by one [...]

By: Korey Bachelder

Korey Bachelder — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:08:46 +0000

This is pure fantasy and is unlikely to ever happen. Why? Because unlike the computer industry – the automobile industry and the UAW have clout and pump a huge amount of money to lobby the government. Additionally, the outsourcing of our auto industry is viewed as un-American. 2mm+ jobs would be affected with outsourcing.

That being said, the current system is not efficient and not working. Downsizing and getting rid of the UAW contracts (unlikely as well) is an answer. There is no reason that the auto industry can’t downsize and offer more of an American Apparel model than an Apple iPod model.

By: Minneapolis Web Design Desaraev

Minneapolis Web Design Desaraev — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:39:07 +0000

Ugh. I just want an affordable hybrid. That is actually a hybrid. As far as all the apple comments… still love everything they put out.

By: TommyO

TommyO — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:32:49 +0000

This idea is a good start, but is missing some key concepts. I stumbled across this while researching my own similar ideas, although with some slight variations. (trackback coming soon)

The important thing is that the discussion has begun, and with enough proper feedback, a polished idea can be hashed out that might actually make a difference.

Well done. Let’s see more of this.

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Text to speech do Mac OS X | bernabauer.com — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:38:58 +0000

[...] a função de texto-to-speech e não entendi o seu funcionamento. Estava eu numa página lendo sobre a crise economica e como as empresas do setor automotivo deveria tentar reproduzir a [...]

By: DPH

DPH — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:29:18 +0000

Of course, Apple is the most vertically integrated computer/CE company in its industry, having essentially had its own microprocessor until its recent switch, designing its hardware, writing its operating system, software, and running an online media and apps store. Mike, if you think Detroit should follow Apple’s lead, perhaps they should buy their own gas stations and tire stores, that way once you start buying GM gas, you’ll never be able to switch to Toyota.

By: encontrado

encontrado — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:56:47 +0000

Not only they make their engines, right now, they make the most advanced and efficient diesel engines in the world.

By: Finally a Good Article

Finally a Good Article — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:43:30 +0000

Union guys get paid almost full salary when they are laid off !! Car companies should go out of business just for signing off such stupid contracts .

By: Finally a Good Article

Finally a Good Article — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:35:22 +0000

Does Congress read this blog ? Someone send them this article.

Have I mentioned that I hate those union guys ? Do you know that they get paid just to sit on their asses ? And the cost is all embedded in the car prices !

By: giafly

giafly — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:27:26 +0000

Let Big Oil bail them out. The oil companies have made tens of billions of dollars from selling extra fuel for gas guzzlers from the Big 3 automakers, and they need this gravy train to continue.

By: Leasing VS Buying a Car « Raanan Bar-Cohen

Leasing VS Buying a Car « Raanan Bar-Cohen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:51:47 +0000

[...] have it. Assuming car companies learn to adapt and get through this economic downturn ( or get a PC like biz model as Arrignton suggests ) I think you’ll see more and more people leasing and getting good [...]