As posted to the Now You Know YouTube Channel on 11/5/2021

(Run Time 29 min, 54 sec, when starting at time code 3:22)

Now You Know sits down with legendary automotive engineer Sandy Munro in November 2021 to compare and contrast today’s unfolding Chinese EV rollout with the Japanese vehicle invasion of the 1970s and 1980s.  On the Chinese EV business model, Sandy comments, “We’re playing checkers . . . one move at a time.  They’re playing chess.  If you’re business plan is geared toward the book ‘The Art of War’, you’ll win.”

(This is Blog Post #1130)

Sandy Munro is an automotive engineer who specializes in machine tools and manufacturing. He joined the Ford Motor Company in 1978 and then started his own consulting company, Munro & Associates, which specializes in lean design, tearing down automotive products to study and suggest improvements and innovations.