Correct me if it’s worth it to you. I am doing gut math, but isn’t a Ford vehical only like 20% fewer made in China parts? They might even be equal parts, just 1 assembled in Mexico.
“And instead of improving our offerings we will spend tens of millions “contributing” (bribing) politicians to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
They could do it tomorrow if it were legal
Australia is currently saturated with cheap, shotty Chinese EV and ICE cars. Weird brands I’d never heard of last year.
I suspect many of them will probably pump and dump in 5 years, and exiting the AU market when their shit starts to break down and they become obligated to fix it under robust and well enforced Australian consumer law. If consumer law isn’t nerfed by then.
Jim Farley, CEO of Ford drives a fucking Xiaomi SU7. If he wont drive a Lincoln, then Ford deserves to die.
Instead of giving themselves buybacks when money was good, they should have been innovating.
Bye, Ford.
FORD is just an acronym for: Found On Road Ditch
Rightfully so too.
Found On Road Dead
Fix Once Return Daily
Fix Or Repair Daily
Fix It Again, Tony
That’s a Fiat, Dale.
Found on rubbish dump.
An Italian rubbish dump.
Farley talks a good game but has always been full of shit. If he agrees that ford needs to turn around to compete with new technology, he should talk to the CEO about it
Where’s that conviction when you gave up on EVs instead of trying to improve your own technology? Where have their ever been ford EVs that normal people could buy? What about those for employees eager to jump to new technology when you shut down their factories?
And seriously, they’re competitive with Chinese cars in Europe because they resell Geelys (Chinese cars)? What kind of bs is that?
Oh no! Here comes capitalism from a communist country. It’s like we built infrastructure to exploit cheap labor for short term gains and it’s backfiring! Who could have ever seen this coming?
China is just state influences capitalism, the workers don’t own the means of production, but it turns out if you invest in your means of production you can easily beat those that don’t.
Except China has advantages in supply chain integration and way cheaper labor that’s kept artificially low by it’s government playing games with it’s currency exchange rate.
Translation: our workers are paid better, our companies follow relatively strict environmental law (or used to) and our government hasn’t helped spy on other countries’ technology advancements and given it to private industry to beat the other guys.
That’s a pretty steep advantage to China.
Your government hasn’t spied on other countries’ technological advancements?
The US government has:
- Hired actual nazis,
- Systematically attacked other nations to keep them out of the way of their private business,
- Attacked and kidnapped the president of Venezuela for oil companies,
- Mercilessly beaten down Cuba while many pharma leaders visit and take Cuban medical advancements back home,
- And absolutely participated in a huge number of heinous shit I’m not even aware of.
And better pay? I mean, yea, but c’mon. The US is a dystopian nightmare dressed up in juuust enough personal comforts to keep most people from doing anything, and with so much of the country below the poverty line I would hardly call that a win. On the topic of artifical impacts to the cost labour, the governments of the US allow for all kinds of labour and human rights violations which keep people struggling and always playing catch-up.
Environmetal law is a huge nothing. How many people have been poisoned by US chemical companies, like 3M and Dupont, with barely any consequences handed out? The US doesn’t give a fuck about the environment and it never truly has. US-based oil companies release all kinds of highly doctored and misleading reports to try to greenwash their shitty behaviour while laughing behind closed doors(and sometimes out in the open).
I’m not going to say that China is a Utopia, or even decent by many standards, but if you think the US has anything to be proud of you need to sit down and shut up. Fuck the US.
Can’t think of a single US automaker I’d buy from and I doubt that would change within 10 years.
What about swasticars and Bezos mobiles?
There is one, Slate. They are offering a small electric truck that lets you fully customize it. There is also no tracking built in at all, which no other manufacturer can say right now.
Truck seems the least efficient form for a electric vehicle, who’s this car for, the kind of losers who’d want a truck purely for the aesthetics think electric vehicles are gay
Yeah, but it’s owned by Bezos, so fuck no.
It’s not.
Bezos is one of the many investors that provided funding for it at the start, but he has a minority stake in the company.At one point he had one board representative, but now even that isn’t the case any more.
Close enough. Fuck Bezos and everything he touches.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
I appreciate your enthusiasm but you’re left with a really short list.
Meh. I’ll keep my hybrid until the locals go belly up or get their shit together.
The Australian electric Cupra’s (VW subsidiary ) have no connected services, it’s the biggest grievances owners have.
Slate and Mutaniy Motors are the only ones to give me a lil hope.
Otherwise it’s Edison Motors from Canada
Everyone else is stuck in the past or China looking to revolutionize the market with checks notes slavery and public investment.
I rent a lot of vehicles for work when traveling, I can’t say I thought “I could see myself owning one of these” or even enjoyed driving Cadillacs, Jeeps, Chevy or Fords. The Jeeps were junk, the transmissions were way out of tune with the engine and the suspension felt like I was in a horse carriage. The Fords all had huge gas tanks, turned like boats, and the computer kept glitching. The Chevy had good performance but felt cheap. I couldn’t figure out why anyone would think a Cadillac was a luxury vehicle, It was like driving a Kia but everything was loose.
what do you mean? dont they all use hinese parts anywyays? what choice do you have?
Don’t threaten me with a good time! I’d be driving a BYD right now if I could
good. maybe people can afford to buy one. unlike overpriced ford ipads on wheels.
I sure hope he’s right.
It’s happening way before then!
