Knowing that it will be assembled by Foxconn gives me pause. They have been able to achieve reasonable levels of quality, but I don't put much trust in a company run by con men.

[–] CraigeryTheKid@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw this and thought you meant made in China too. But reading the article, it's a foxconn plant in Ohio. But not sure if new plant or existing, but at least it's made here.

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did get that and it doesn't affect my opinion. They are less likely to use slave labor in the US than in China, but their executives also lie more in the US than they do at home (because the consequences are a lot more serious in China). Agreements and contracts mean nothing to them. Among other problems, that means their quality control is entirely dependent on whoever hires them watching everything they do all the time.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Let us not forget when Foxconn came to Wisconsin and convinced a city council to claim eminent domain and demolish an entire neighborhood in a secret vote in order to build a Foxconn plant. They promised thousands of well paying jobs but then when they opened the plant, only hired a tiny fraction of the total and barely utilized the plant at all.

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apple appear to do fine with them

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apple has a lot of its own people on site to validate all the work.

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean? Another company cannot do that? Assuming it's even true because I have no idea

[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, you can outsource key parts of your business but absolutely need to keep your eyes on it. We won't know if they are on it or not for a while.

[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

True. I work for a supplier in the auto industry. Any time we get a quality claim from a customer, they're on site a few days later to see the line, find out why it happened, and what we're doing about it. Toyota, Nissan, GM, etc all have that infrastructure in place. I doubt Fisker does.