Stingray Motor Engineering rents a small assembly plant in an old warehouse on Concord Street sometime in 2023. It's a few dozen people assembling crated-in parts to dodge import tariffs. Annual output is modest, but enough to cover costs of the operation. Detroit-assembled machines have a 'D' added to the end their model code, bear a UAW stamp next to the frame number and have a few unique modifications to headlights, fuelling and exhaust systems to meet US NHTSA and CARB standards.
Effectively, the business operates as a self-contained sub-unit, purchasing components from its parent, then assembling them onsite before selling them on direct to customers using the Tesla model.
Once the cost of purchasing components from the parent have been accounted for, along with employee benefits, the Detroit subsidiary operates at a small loss - enough to minimise tax burden. Current strategy so far has been to permit organisation, with the Union itself seen as a large potential market.
(Incidentally, anyone have a recommendation for someone capable of fulfilling a mundane management role? Some space travel required. And yes, if I got the geography right, that is the Packard Plant - at least, part of it.)
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Effectively, the business operates as a self-contained sub-unit, purchasing components from its parent, then assembling them onsite before selling them on direct to customers using the Tesla model.
Once the cost of purchasing components from the parent have been accounted for, along with employee benefits, the Detroit subsidiary operates at a small loss - enough to minimise tax burden. Current strategy so far has been to permit organisation, with the Union itself seen as a large potential market.
(Incidentally, anyone have a recommendation for someone capable of fulfilling a mundane management role? Some space travel required. And yes, if I got the geography right, that is the Packard Plant - at least, part of it.)
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?