General Discussion

Trump told the press that he has a commitment that eleven car factories are in the process of being built in the U.S after he was asked if he will loosen up his idiotic tariffs against car manufacturers.

Trump lied as usual.

Car manufacturers like Hyundai, Stellantis, and Honda have announced expansion plans at existing facilities rather than new constructions to meet the electric car demand.

Yet, many may never come to fruition.

Asked for evidence, the White House cited recent expansion plan announcements from carmakers Hyundai, Stellantis and Honda.

However, automotive industry experts say Trump exaggerated. In most cases, these announcements represent reallocations of investments at existing facilities, not newly built plants. And they may or may not come to fruition.

It is premature for the president to take credit for plant expansion given his short time in office, said Dimitry Anastakis, a University of Toronto business history professor and author of the 2024 book The North American Auto Industry since NAFTA. “Plants are planned years in advance,” he said.

We found no data to confirm that the spate of recent announcements amounts to a record-setting level of automotive manufacturing investment.