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Tritium collapses in another blow for Australian manufacturing. The Australian 19/4/2024

As they say "go woke go broke"
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by PhilipA

As they say "go woke go broke"
Regards PhilipA

It's not clear if it's only the 3 or 4 Australian companies that have appointed receivers or if the US company is also in trouble, other than in relation to its Nasdaq listing.

And if they've gone broke globally it's because of poor reliability and outdated products, not however "woke" would apply to electrical engineering.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

It's not clear if it's only the 3 or 4 Australian companies that have appointed receivers or if the US company is also in trouble, other than in relation to its Nasdaq listing.

And if they've gone broke globally it's because of poor reliability and outdated products, not however "woke" would apply to electrical engineering.

Maybe Philip was referring to the fact that Tritium is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Something that was frowned upon back in the day before companies became more aware of social injustice.



Sad to hear of an Aussie manufacturing company collapsing. Hopefully they find way to continue.

Well I am just a simple soul.
I was really referring to their choice of business to be in.
To many including me it is becoming clear that EVs will never reach the penetration that rosy projections were based on. Witness Ford, GM and even Tesla.
It is now becoming (to me) apparent that issues such as insurance cost, repair cost, residuals, and good old range anxiety are becoming more worrying for potential buyers.
This will affect the revenue of recharge stations so orders for stations will become much smaller than anticipated once the Government and fleet demand is satisfied.
if the throughput of EVs charging declines due to the need to charge high rates to amortise the enormous investment , then I expect in the next few years many of the owners of the EV chargers will have cash flow problems as well.
Regards PhilipA

You can’t be too critical of an Australian company founded by 3 engineering students over 20 years ago that lead them to be pioneers in an emerging market and be the second largest global supplier of fast chargers. Not many can say they backed themselves like this.

They may have been caught by being too ambitious and expanding too fast, but this is the sort of innovation and opportunities we want to see in Australia.

Let’s hope they will find a new buyer, and keep the Brisbane team running.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Maybe Philip was referring to the fact that Tritium is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Something that was frowned upon back in the day before companies became more aware of social injustice.

I've been in the workforce for over 40 years and I can't think of a single company or firm that I worked for that said that it "frowned upon" equal opportunity, particularly given that it's been a legal requirement since at least the 1970s (and in some States, earlier than that). And I think that you'll find that concerns about social injustice have a very, very long history and aren't a recent phenomenon. It that wasn't the case then, for example, the English courts wouldn't've developed their Equity jurisdiction - and that dates back to the 13th Century.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

You can’t be too critical of an Australian company founded by 3 engineering students over 20 years ago that lead them to be pioneers in an emerging market and be the second largest global supplier of fast chargers. Not many can say they backed themselves like this.

They may have been caught by being too ambitious and expanding too fast, but this is the sort of innovation and opportunities we want to see in Australia.

Let’s hope they will find a new buyer, and keep the Brisbane factory running.

True, but the Brisbane factory closed last year and manufacturing was shifted to the US.