IMO our big challenge is to manufacture aluminium parts and...

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    IMO our big challenge is to manufacture aluminium parts and export
    them to offset the extra costs of importing EVs.

    IMO, we should be looking at the following:
    -Alloy wheels
    -Alloy drive motor casings
    -Lithium batteries.

    We have the raw materials in abundance to manufacture these
    for the global EV manufacturing market, we have FTAs with China,
    Japan, Korea , Thailand & the USA and modern manufacturing
    techniques nowadays mostly involve automated processes with the minimum of labour.

    So, imo, all that's needed is Government leadership & capital (automated manufacturing
    processes are capital intensive; not labour intensive)

    NB: The few workers are involved in the casting/machining process
    and IMO we could further automate this process:



    IMO, we have the advantages of:
    -Cheap bauxite
    -potentially cheap electricity
    -highly educated/skilled technicians

    All we need is the will to succeed, IMO.

    Since these components would be manufactured exclusively for export
    there would be no need to tax inputs including labour
    (raw mineral exports are now tax exempt)

    In order to finance the project we can always tax bauxite & iron ore exports
    (particularly to China) and apart from adding value to our raws exports, this
    project would diversify trade away from China.

    All of this could be achieved within a Special Economic Zone (say Boyne Island Gradstone Qld)
 
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