India: Let’s Make Cars, At $25/Hour?

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Why don’t we make more cars? The chart above shows why US auto companies are in trouble: COST & Entitlement mentality. The average US autoworker costs $71 per hour. That is Rs 3,500 per hour.

Assuming an 37.5 hour work week and 52 weeks of work in a year gives an average annual cost of Rs 48.75 lakhs. Almost Rs 50 lakhs per annum on average…WTF.

The average Japanese autoworker is costing $49/hour - Rs 2,500/hour or Rs 35 lakhs per year.

I wonder what the average Tata Motors and Maruti factory worker costs.  Somehow, I doubt the average cost is even Rs 10 lakhs per annum; it must be our lack of graduates in technical disciplines.

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Comment by jatin

2008-12-20 05:07:43

i think its lack of technical knowledge of our india’s governement.

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