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And of course as a further example of their supply chain integration no conversation on it would be complete without mention of Fordlandia [1][2]

[1] Lost cities #10: Fordlandia – the failure of Henry Ford's utopian city in the Amazon https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/19/lost-cities-1...

>the failure of Henry Ford's utopian city in the Amazon

That title is extremely loaded.

Ford rubber mining operations in the amazon fail when synthetic rubber is invented is the true story.

Hence the [1] and [2] provison of sources. It is an interesting historical factoid. Nothing more. Nothing Less.

One hour podcast: Fordlandia: America In Brazil (RCR Car Stories) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN5JjScdB3g