Meanwhile, our economic rivals, like China, India, Brazil, and Germany, are investing in rapidly developing domestic clean tech sectors.15 American companies invented the modern wind turbine and solar panel.16 Today, wind and solar companies from other countries are beginning to build manufacturing plants here in the U.S., much as Japanese and Korean car firms like Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai did with auto assembly plants in the 1980s. (thirdway.org)
States covet auto assembly plants because they typically pay above - average wages and spin off jobs at suppliers and service companies. (fortune.com)
The agreement will run until 2014, in which Tesla, together with Toyota, will build lithium - ion battery packs for the RAV4 at the NUMMI auto assembly plant in Fremont, California. (automobilemag.com)