it does seem a bit strange that every single car maker would put all their money and effort and life blood into one single maker who has one single factory that if something went wrong would alter the car maker landscape for years to come.
+100 - These are Fortune 500 organizations with entire departments devoted to Disaster Planning, Redundancy, Loss Control and Supply Issues (particularly with the 'Just In Time' concept), yet they locked into ONE over seas supplier?
In mid 2020 we faced issues due to foreign dependencies for supply of masks and other critical supplies.
We as a nation need to wake up and get more domestically focused on generating our own core products and resources to protect our nation and our economy.
Otherwise we are at the mercy of other nations with their own interests in mind, who may or may not be inclined to bend to our needs, particularly if they are on the other side of a conflict driving those needs, may be need of those medical, military or medical, military or produced goods themselves, or have a higher bidder.