• “Full Speed Ahead”
A VIETNAMESE ELECTRIC CAR IS FIRM IS OPENING A PLANT IN NORTH CAROLINA. ITS AMBITIONS ARE GLOBAL
“ON NORTHERN VIETNAM’S RED RIVER Delta, the world’s most ambitious electric-vehicle (EV) upstart occupies a factory complex fringed with mango trees and palms. Outside VinFast’s plant by the port city of Haiphong, fishermen in conical hats still plumb mudflats for grass carp and tilapia: inside, each car negotiates an overhead ergonomic conveyor assembly line measuring 2.5 miles. A gauntlet of 1,250 robot arms, twirling like pneumatic ballerinas, adds some 3,000 components and welds rivet after rivet in a flurry of sparks.”
By CHARLIE CAMPBELL/HAIPHONG, VIETNAM
Source : Time July 4 / July 11, 2022 : Page 58