This week we're talking about the NUMMI joint venture between Toyota and General Motors (1:16:00), and how it relates to supply lines, the UAW, toilet paper, Tesla, and "the worst workforce in the automobile industry in the United States." But first we talk about our project cars, the IATSI strike, Amazon, and Lordstown Motors' latest struggles.
Complete Notes: https://web.archive.org/web/20211213042129/https://shoutengine.com/CarsComrades/nummi-103256
Sources/Links:
IATSI strike https://people.com/tv/iatse-strike-everything-you-need-to-know/
EV start-up Lordstown Motors to sell Ohio plant to Foxconn for $230 million
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/30/shares-of-lordstown-motors-surge-on-reported-deal-with-foxconn.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Assembly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toyota_Way
https://www.reutersevents.com/supplychain/supply-chain/end-just-time
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/561/nummi-2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Factory
Allende and Cybersyn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn
General Intellect Unit http://generalintellectunit.net/
The Peoples' Republic of Wal-Mart https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmart
The Tulip Bubble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
Bread Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour_War
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