Tesla the Most American Car Company? (Pretty Much)

Last year Tesla was the only car company to assemble 100% of their cars in America. // Get $1,000 Off + Free Superchargnig on New Tesla S or X here - https://teslanomics.co/td When I was up at the Tesla factory this past June, I learned that Tesla makes 100% of their cars here in California. It got me thinking, are they the most American car company? When it comes to measuring how American a car is, there are two variables to consider. The first variable is where the company sources the materials and the other is where they assemble the final product. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes a report each year listing the percentage of a vehicles engine, transmission, and assembly that originate in either the US or Canada.  AALA for 2017 - https://www.nhtsa.gov/part-583-american-automobile-labeling-act-reports So we have two categories here and three measurements. The first we can call content origin, then the second we can call assembly. The ALA breaks these two variables down by each model, so we need to roll that up by the manufacturer to see those numbers at the company level. First, let’s answer the question about where these companies assemble their cars. As it turns out, maybe you guessed, Tesla is the most American car company when it comes to assembly location. If we drill down to the brand it’s a bit closer race than by manufacturer Tesla still ranks #1 but Jeep is a close second, and right behind them you have Acura making up the only 3 with over 80% of their cars made in America. If we look at which cars are the most American based on the source of their parts, Tesla falls to #3 behind Fiat Chrysler and Honda. When you break it down by brand, Tesla drops even further, all the way to #9. Tesla is at a disadvantage here though because the key ingredients in their car batteries just don’t exist, or at least aren’t commercially available in North America. src: http://www.visualcapitalist.com/critical-ingredients-fuel-battery-boom/ It is hard to see how Tesla could improve this metric much, but the show isn’t over, we still need to crown an overall winner. Using the method from Kogod School of Business who publish an auto-index themselves, I added the percent assembly and percent of content origin together then divided them by two, giving us an overall score. src: http://www.american.edu/kogod/research/autoindex/ Coming in at #1 you may have guessed it; Tesla is the most American car company overall. When looking at it by the manufacturer we have Honda coming in second, Fiat Chrysler third, GM fourth, and Ford rounding out the top 5.  If we break this down by brand instead, we’ll see the Tesla is still on top, but it’s a much closer race with Jeep coming in a close second and Acura not far behind. I was pretty surprised to see GM so low here, but with their global presence, it makes sense that they would have a lot of cars made overseas for different markets. Tesla is likely to change as they grow as well. Already news outlets are reporting that they’ll likely open up a plant in China soon with Elon also stating they’re planning a few more gigafactories to address global demand. So with all that said and done, if you were concerned at all about buying a Tesla supporting a foreign entity you can rest easy. The dollars you spend with Tesla go the furthest to help the US economy according to the data we have here. And if you are in the market a new Model S or X you can use our referral code to get $1K off and Free Supercharging before Oct 31st 2017. That’s coming up soon so don’t wait if you’re on the fence.  // Go to teslanomics.co/td now to get your discount And let me know what you think about this in the comments below! // New here? Check out more Most Recent Video - https://goo.gl/k3pWlt Most Popular Video - https://goo.gl/jydACR Subscribe - https://goo.gl/tPDO7v // Want to Support the Show? Join us on Patreon! https://teslanomics.co/patreon // Shoot me a msg online fb https://fb.com/teslanomics tw https://twitter.com/teslanomicsco // My Gear Books https://kit.com/teslanomicsco/books-i-ve-actually-read Tech https://kit.com/teslanomicsco/tech-gear Camera - https://kit.com/teslanomicsco/camera-gear // Music Fresh Start by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/XN-tBgJ5CVw Great Days by Joakim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/5lhZRunuJTs That Day by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/YDT00lBAG2g dizzy by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/xseXbA2N6D0