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Originally Posted by AUwindsor
All sides of government are the same. Watch a cartoon instead.. won't make any difference.
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No they aren't. Labor had proposed funding to keep Holden open until 2022. It was in cement, then Liberal ripped the funding out from underneath and has pledged nothing to keep the supplier industry from imploding.
Even if that was true, maybe there is enough passion and a few technology breakthoughs like I mentioned to not require any government funding (though some regulatory changes would be most effective, without upsetting indignant taxpayers). If Labor gets in, at least the suppliers can maybe be saved, they have demonstrated lately that they deserve to be rescued. More than GM or Ford anyhow.
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Originally Posted by Brazen
Small scale, niche vehicles and high quality.
I think something like a modern interpretation of a 70 series Lanadcruiser would do well being locally designed and built.
Word on the street Malcolm Turnbull when he met with Elon Musk a few weeks back in the US flagged the idea of building Teslas in the Toyota plant in Melbourne if he were to become PM.
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That would be amazing. We have such a vast pool of technology that has been researched and developed, like EVE (also known as Axiflux) and Blade. Also the UNSW Sunswift team are world-pioneers of solar cars that can take passengers. Carbon Revolution of Geelong makes carbon fibre wheels for the Shelby Mustang GT350R, and the aftermarket.
All those examples fly in the face of doubters as it is. I think we may see more examples soon.