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Not to be cynical (again) but I can't help but think this throttling of production and availability of a host of products may be deliberate, or at least a welcome unplanned circumstance, at least to some degree. When demand is greater than inventory they can make more profit while carrying less in stock. With Ford, what better publicity for a product that hasn't even hit the streets then being able to say "consumer demand for X is so great we can barely keep up."
 
Fear not technology good people. Technology is what has set the USA ahead of the rest of the World and will continue to do so. As to the infrastructure for power, we already use the electricity to make gasoline. 6kwh of electricity to make a single gallon of gas. That is an estimate, older plants use more, newer plants use less. That 1 gal of gas will take the average car in about 20 miles. that same 6kwh of electricity will take an EV that same 20 miles. You have taken the process of fossil fuel out of the middle and efficiency went up from some 18% to above 94%. The near elimination of waste. You can now drive from one end of the country to the other and fast charge all along the way. As the EVs come the charge stations will increase and the speed they charge too will increase. Remember the 1st VCR, $1200 and ate tapes, the last one you could by for $29.95 and could throw off the roof and not hurt. As to the batteries, they will be recycled as well as new battery technology will make different chemistries available but still usable from the same chargers. No more sending billions a day to the Middle East for oil so they can use the money to kill us. No more worrying how much a gallon of gas cost. The future is bright so long as we don't elect another person that wants to turn the USA into another Russia, Turkey or Hungary.
US-China tech war: China to overtake America in core 21st century technologies within next decade, Harvard report predicts
 
And if China decides to stop or reduce the sale of rare earth minerals to us, vehicles with ICEs will look pretty darn good! Like it or not, China has a strong grip on the USA - not much in the technology area that's manufactured here.
 
And if China decides to stop or reduce the sale of rare earth minerals to us, vehicles with ICEs will look pretty darn good! Like it or not, China has a strong grip on the USA - not much in the technology area that's manufactured here.
Hence the mad rush to exploit other reserves, often much to the dismay of the local residents, whose governments seem to be playing both sides against the middle.

"The Serbian government has offered mineral resources to foreign investors, including China's Zijin copper mine and metals company Rio Tinto."
https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-blegrade-blockade-rio-tinto-protest/31655885.html
This being said, Beijing's decision-makers are still fundamentally capitalists beneath their communist banner, so they will still sell REMs to someone somewhere. With globalization, it'd just mean that the battery components took a detour on their way to Detroit. Or that the batteries for all US-built cars will have a "made in China" sticker on them.
 
Hence the mad rush to exploit other reserves, often much to the dismay of the local residents, whose governments seem to be playing both sides against the middle.

"The Serbian government has offered mineral resources to foreign investors, including China's Zijin copper mine and metals company Rio Tinto."
https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-blegrade-blockade-rio-tinto-protest/31655885.html
This being said, Beijing's decision-makers are still fundamentally capitalists beneath their communist banner, so they will still sell REMs to someone somewhere. With globalization, it'd just mean that the battery components took a detour on their way to Detroit. Or that the batteries for all US-built cars will have a "made in China" sticker on them.
By controlling the supply, China also controls the price. The USA is not in a good position for this.
 

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