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pimlottc 3 hours ago

I assumed this was referring to the early days of the Ford assembly line

delichon 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, Ford claimed up to 90% in the 1930s when they were producing up to 1.4M cars and trucks per year. (Down to less than 400K in the worst of the depression.)

foobarian an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I suppose it makes sense, back then you wouldn't think there would be an existing supply chain of companies like Mopar just waiting for a car manufacturer to spin up and start buying their stuff

bryanlarsen 7 minutes ago | parent [-]

The original Ford plant to raw ore, coal & limestone as inputs. There weren't any Mopar's, but Ford didn't have to build their own steel plants...

kevin_thibedeau 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They would go so far as to license components for in-source production from suppliers who couldn't meet the needed volume.