Ford is going to fail. China will win. China sees the future is electric while Ford is grubbing for bigger profits off IC monsters that people can’t afford anymore.
The moment BYD is allowed in the US. American made cars will be officially dead. The only thing keeping the industry alive is lack of outside competition.
I mean, China is just the latest competition, we already have a lot of foreign cars in the US. I still think the government will ensure Ford exists simply for domestic manufacturing and security.
Which is why it will never happen
I don’t see what would stop a state like California from arbitrarily legalizing BYD vehicles just like they did with weed. The current admin has already used up most of the soft leverage actions it has available just to be pissy and ‘they imported China cars!’ would make for a particularly eye-rolling casus belli for the civil war they intend to instigate.
Nice. Westerners really are getting bad deals so they can make their oligarchs richer.
Doesn’t Ford mostly focuss on the American market these days? They don’t make reasonably sized or affordable cars anymore, only oversized pickups and SUVs, which don’t sell well outside of North America.
Meanwhile BYD has the Chinese market already, and is expanding globally, selling relatively affordable EVs.
I’m not exactly surprised that they are outselling FordCompact/Crossover SUVs are hugely popular worldwide. I was surprised to learn BYD’s best selling car wasn’t the smaller Dolphin or Seagull, but the Song Plus.
But, yeah, Ford has been focusing on bigass expensive cara here too. Their cheapest (gas) vehicle for this year is more expensive than the BYD Song plug-in hybrid, which is twice the price of the Seagull.
They don’t make reasonably sized or affordable cars anymore,
In Europe they do, and it’s still a reasonably popular brand despite Trump.
That must have changed recently then, because last I checked they only really had the Mustang
They still make reasonably sized and priced cars for the UK market.
