You're probably using Chinese products right now and have no idea. GE Appliances, the washers and refrigerators in tens of millions of American kitchens, was sold to Haier in 2016 for 5.6 billion dollars. Under the deal, Haier can use the GE brand name until 2056. That means for thirty more years, you can buy a GE-branded appliance, feel like you're supporting a domestic legacy brand, and be operating a Chinese product. The Lenovo ThinkPad? That's been Chinese since 2005, when Lenovo bought IBM's PC division. Lenovo now outsells HP and Dell. Volvo is Chinese-owned. Geely bought it from Ford in 2010. Polestar is Chinese, also owned by Geely. BYD Electronics is the original equipment manufacturer for Apple's iPad, meaning the company competing with Tesla also assembles tablets for Apple. Even Tesla runs increasingly on CATL or BYD battery cells. CATL holds 38 percent of the global EV battery market. BYD holds another 17 percent. Together with other Chinese suppliers, China controls 69 percent. Every premium German sedan advertising German engineering runs on a Chinese battery. The geography of the average American driveway has been Chinese for years. The brands just haven't let you notice.
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This is what 50 years of hyper-protectionist trade policy gets you.
It used to be China reverse engineering products, now it's the other way around 😂
Pride will strike you down faster and more completely than any enemy. ~ Wiseman probably
It's easy for them to compete, they just need to eschew short term profits for quality, engineering and longevity.
Now slight caveat here: "20 years behind" means different things to different people. And if that is "my car recognizes my face", I think this is a step backwards and I imagine a lot of Americans would agree. There is an increasing disconnect between company CEOs and the general public in regards to AI, so it isn't unreasonable to assume that limited adoptability applies to "20 year ahead" cars too and the Ford CEO just happened to be the perfect customer
Acts like Kodak. Gets the same results as Kodak. >"im shocked" meme here
Xiaomi is a phone company And BYD is a battery company They doing EV as a side project and got success 😅
Ford, another company sittings on its laurels.
Nothing new then; American car companies only exist because of the insanely high protectionist measures the US government has had for decades, making foreign imports very expensive. All the companies failed internationally because the executives were idiots and refused to modify their designs for other markets. Ford sells in other countries sure but they are all locally run divisions with no US design input.
Okay but in what criteria does the ford lacks by 25 years compared to xiaomi? All I can think of is the powerful motors in xiaomi , other than that its just some gimmicks . Also Xiaomi cars are reported to be so unreliable that they are straight up safety hazard. Catching on fire being extremely common , air bags not deploying, brakes not functioning as tgey should, structural integrity being a joke (not talking about crumple zones) , 700 hp doesn't even matter if you're at risk of your life . Even the people of China don't trust this brand . Byd's are much better in those terms, at least they know how to make ev's. Also not to forget that Chinese government support their brands way more compared to what American government does to any American brands.
The thing is, I have a very good feeling that if they’re using this as inspiration and they’re trying to get as much as possible by copying whatever the competitors is doing that they will survive
when the C-suite is led by accountants and not by engineers, enshittification begins
You (any American/European) will never be able to own a Chinese EV because of the ridiculous 100% tariff that exists solely to keep anemic American/European carmakers on life support for a few more decades and pass the costs to the end consumers
Because all these companies didn't understand software. Chinese companies do
It’s not that they are incapable of matching the quality of Chinese cars. It’s the fact that if they tried to, their cars would cost as much as a rolls royce
And the Toyota Camry and Corolla still claps them both 🫰🏼
Tony Stark was able to build it in a cave with a box of scraps ahh scenario
Masarati cooperated with Huawei to build their latest sports car after the sales plummeted consecutively for 5 years straight, in China the sports car will be part of Huawei YW series but overseas it will be Masarati.
BYD alone would Solo'd every single car manufacturer in the US if they are being let in, by price and quality, they are far superior compared to every single american cars on the market.
Man, I just want a vehicle that drives decent and lasts long, I don't need crazy recognition technology or my car to be 'smart', just go, is that possible?