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

By joal.ryan January 24, 2020, 3:36 PM PST

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Google's driverless cars

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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.

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LG G Flex phones

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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.

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SpaceX rockets and spacecraft

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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.

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iPhones

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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 Su00e3o Paulo.

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Nissan LEAFs

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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.

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IM Flash flash memory

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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.

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Maingear gaming computers

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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.

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Tesla cars

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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.

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3M privacy filters

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.

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Bose SoundLink Bluetooth speakers

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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.

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Texas Instruments semiconductors

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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
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Samsung smartphones

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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.

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Panasonic Toughbooks

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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.

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Garmin VIRB Elite

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Garmin VIRB Elite

Not-China Country of Manufacture: Taiwan

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

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Canon SLR cameras

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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.

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HP ElitePad

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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.

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Intel semiconductor chips

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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.

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Motorola Moto smartphones

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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.

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Sony Bravia smart TVs

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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.

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