To become a &#x27;Foxconn&#x27; of automotive is really an interesting idea. The model of designing a vehicle might have to become more constrained which cuts right into the core of the automotive industry&#x27;s design processes and car model portfolios. They&#x27;re trying as hard as possible to horizontally differentiate from the competition and vertically differentiaite to access more segments.<p>A billion dollar plant isn&#x27;t really novel for the car industry - that&#x27;s what it costs to bring a new facility for a model or family of models online.<p>I think the missing link to do what you&#x27;re describing (a &#x27;flow shop&#x27; that can be very rapidly reconfigured to act like a &#x27;job shop&#x27;) would take an order of magnitude or two more investment which, given the automotive industry&#x27;s single-digit profit margins, may be too risky for the incumbents. I&#x27;ve heard of Tesla trying to do this, but not without major difficulty (no one has ever scaled this while simultaneously building a brand new company and car and distribution network and being at the forefront of aluminum body components, etc.)