20 amazing pieces of tech that aren’t made in China
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Google's driverless cars
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.
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.
SpaceX rockets and spacecraft
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.
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.
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.
IM Flash flash memory
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.
Maingear gaming computers
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.
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.
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
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.
Texas Instruments semiconductors
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.
Samsung smartphones
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.
Panasonic Toughbooks
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.
Garmin VIRB Elite
Not-China Country of Manufacture: Taiwan
The global GPS brand produces its action cameras in East Asia.
Canon SLR cameras
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.
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.
Intel semiconductor chips
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.
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.
