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This Week in Startups · 2025-07-21 · 83 min · 17,624 words

Manufacturing in the US, Building in Open Source… and more | E2154

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I mean, what it comes down to is we actually build things here. And pretty much everyone else in trucking, trying to make EVs, is mostly in the business of buying things out of a catalog and then selling it to other people. You know, imagine if when you bought a Silverado, GM like went across the street and bought all the engines from Ford. It would be really tough for GM to compete with Ford's pricing at that point, right? And

Like, that would make no sense. This is the only place in the United States where a truck OEM is building their own battery modules and battery packs. This week in startups is brought to you by Netsuite. The business landscape is very chaotic right now. That's why you need NetSuite by Oracle.

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