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20 amazing pieces of tech that aren't made in China

By · March 6, 2017, 1:05 PM PST

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  • Google's driverless cars

    Think China still makes all the tech? Maybe. But the U.S. is poised to overtake the top manufacturing spot by 2020, with the likes of India, Mexico and South Korea expected to surge, too.

    In the tech sector, the future is already here for a broad range of very-not-Chinese tech. For example: Google's driverless cars, made in the United States.

    The California-based tech company assembles its autos of the near-future in Livonia, Michigan, just west of Detroit.

    NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images

  • LG G Flex phones

    Not-China County of Manufacture: South Korea

    The South Korean electronics and mobile corporation keeps it local for production of its "striking, even ambitious," curved smartphone.

    JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images

  • SpaceX rockets and spacecraft

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: United States 

    Elon Musk's aerospace company produces the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft in California.

    NASA via Getty Images

  • iPhones

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: Brazil

    Wait, isn't Apple's iconic smartphone made in China--and famously so? Yes, but it's also produced in a Foxconn-owned plant near São Paulo.

    Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

  • Nissan LEAFs

    Not-China Countries of Manufacture: United States and Japan

    The electric car rolls off assembly lines in Smyrna, Tennessee, and the Kanagawa prefecture in Nissan's own Japan.

    DANIEL ROLAND/AFP/Getty Images

  • IM Flash flash memory

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: United States

    The semiconductor company, formed by an alliance of Intel and Micron, produces flash memory for consumer devices at a plant in Levi, Utah.

    IM Flash Technologies via Facebook

  • Samsung Gear VR

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: Vietnam

    The virtual-reality headsets become reality in Southeast Asia.

    THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images

  • Maingear gaming computers

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: United States

    Turbo-charged custom desktops and laptops for the gaming crowd are born in the USA at the company's New Jersey headquarters.

    Maingear Computers via Facebook

  • Tesla cars

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: United States

    Elon Musk's terrestrial passion produces its luxury electric roadsters at a 5.3-million-square-foot facility in Fremont, California.

    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

  • 3M privacy filters

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: United States

    The Minnesota brand famous for Post-it Notes has dozens of U.S. plants that produce an array of products, including for-your-eyes-only features for your laptop or Chromebook.

  • Bose SoundLink Bluetooth speakers

    Not-China Countries of Manufacture: Malaysia, Mexico and United States

    The high-end audio-system giant produces its wireless speakers, home-theater speakers and more in Penang, Malaysia, Framingham, Massachusetts, and at two locations in Mexico.

    Sarah Tew/CNET

  • Texas Instruments semiconductors

    Not-China Countries of Manufacture: United States, Germany and Japan

    The Texas-based company produces its signature products in a trio of plants, including one in South Portland, Maine.

    Texas Instruments

  • Samsung smartphones

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: Vietnam

    As of 2015, the South Korean appliance and electronics giant produced half of its smartphones in the emerging Southeast Asian manufacturing country.

    Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

  • Panasonic Toughbooks

    Not-China Countries of Manufacture: Japan and Taiwan

    The "rugged" laptops get tough at Panasonic facilities in Kobe, Japan, and in East Asia.

    Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images

  • Garmin VIRB Elite

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: Taiwan

    The global GPS brand produces its action cameras in East Asia.

    Garmin via Amazon

  • Canon SLR cameras

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: Japan

    The legendary Japanese company, with far-flung operations in China and Thailand, got back to its roots in 2015, announcing all new cameras, copiers and printers would be produced domestically.

    Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

  • HP ElitePad

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: Mexico

    Though most associated with Apple and China, Foxconn operates factories all over the world, including ones south of the United States border that have produced this HP tablet and other computer products.

    Sarah Tew/CNET

  • Intel semiconductor chips

    Not-China Country of Origin: Vietnam

    The California-based data and PC company looks to Southeast Asia to produce the bulk of its--and the world's--computer chips.

    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

  • Motorola Moto smartphones

    Not-China Country of Manufacture: India

    Though a subsidiary of Lenovo in China, Motorola began moving some of its cellular production to India in 2015.

    Andrew Hoyle/CNET

  • Sony Bravia smart TVs

    Not-China Countries of Manufacture: India and Slovakia

    The Japanese consumer-electronics corporation has turned to a variety of countries for production of its Bravia line, including these two rising markets.

    Niall Magennis/CNET

Google's driverless cars

Think China still makes all the tech? Maybe. But the U.S. is poised to overtake the top manufacturing spot by 2020, with the likes of India, Mexico and South Korea expected to surge, too.

In the tech sector, the future is already here for a broad range of very-not-Chinese tech. For example: Google's driverless cars, made in the United States.

The California-based tech company assembles its autos of the near-future in Livonia, Michigan, just west of Detroit.

NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images

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