福特CEO:我不太喜欢谈论竞争,但我开的是小米……
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Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford Motor Company, admitted he's been driving a Chinese-made Xiaomi SU7 for months, and he doesn't want to stop.
"I've had two trips to China the last two years that were literally epiphanies," Farley told the Everything Electric Show in an interview published to YouTube Monday.
"The last one was about the Xiaomi product. In the west, our cell phone companies don't have car [divisions]. But in China, both Huawei and Xiaomi, the two biggest cell phone companies, are inside of every vehicle that is made."
福特公司首席执行官吉姆·法利
"Everyone's talking about the Apple car, but the Xiaomi car which now exists is fantastic."
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Xiaomi, one of China's biggest smartphone and e-scooter producers, revealed its first passenger car, the SU7, in late 2023. "It's fantastic. They sell 10,000- 20,000 a month. They're sold out for six months. That is an industry juggernaut and a consumer brand that is much stronger than car companies," Farley added.
"I don't like talking about the competition so much, but I drive a Xiaomi. We flew one from Shanghai to Chicago and I've been driving it for six months now, and I don't want to give it up."
小米发布首款新能源汽车SU7
法利的发言在社交媒体上引发了许多讨论,有人奇怪他为何放着福特自家的汽车不开,选择其他品牌。对此,在汽车行业工作了超过30年的法利解释,他在整个职业生涯中一直会亲自驾驶体验竞争车型。
“技术规格可以说明部分问题,但你必须亲自驾驶才能真正了解并击败竞争对手。”
"I try to drive everything we compete against. Have done it my whole career. Specs can tell part of a story, but you’ve got to get behind the wheel to truly understand and beat the competition," Farley said.
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Farley's praises come at a time when Western automakers are severely lagging behind on technical development for EVs. Farley is speaking on what journalists, pundits and EV and China experts have noticed for quite a while now: China's tech and automotive industries are far more interconnected than the automotive and tech industries in the West.
Ford CEO Jim Farley and CFO John Lawler were visiting China in early 2023 when the pair decided to take Changan Automobile's electric SUV for a spin.
The quick test drive, in which Farley drove and Lawler rode shotgun, gave the executives a taste of what it was like to ride in a Chinese-made EV. Farley and Lawler were left both shocked and impressed by how smooth and quiet their drive was.
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