福特主席说,在电动汽车生产方面,美国还无法与中国竞争。

比尔福特认为,美国汽车制造商需要做好准备,迎接中国最终来到美国的竞争。

作者: 丹·米拉拉斯库

福特汽车公司执行总裁比尔福特说,美国在电动汽车生产方面还无法与中国竞争。

在美国有线电视新闻网的采访中 再见了,扎卡里亚 周日的节目中,福特回应了其他汽车业高管关于中国在电动汽车制造业中的主导地位的评论。

"他们发展得非常快,他们大规模地发展。现在他们在出口它们。他们不在这里,但他们会来这里我们认为,在某个时候,我们需要做好准备,我们正在准备。"

公司创始人亨利·福特的曾孙比尔·福特说 密歇根州价值35亿美元的电动汽车电池厂 这将在中国CATL的许可下建造LFP(磷酸锂铁锂)电池,这是福特工程师学习该技术,然后自己使用它的一个机会。

"它(密歇根)是福特的全资工厂。他们是我们的雇员,而我们所做的就是许可技术。就这样,"他说。

比尔福特的评论是在 福特首席执行官吉姆法利上月说,中国的电动汽车制造商是该行业的主要竞争对手。 而且,这家汽车制造商需要更低的成本或独特的品牌来击败中国的汽车制造商。

"我认为,我们认为中国是主要的竞争对手,而不是通用或丰田。"中国人将成为强大的力量," 福特 他的头说。

泰斯拉公司首席执行官伊隆•马斯克过去曾多次对中国汽车制造商和他们的电动车表示赞赏。一月份,他说他尊重中国的汽车制造商,他认为中国是世界上竞争最激烈的国家。

"他们工作最努力,工作最聪明。因此,如果我猜测的话,可能有一些来自中国的公司是最有可能排在特斯拉之后的。  

中国最大的电动汽车制造商是比亚迪 2022年在全球Bev销售中排名第二,仅次于特斯拉911141台 与美国公司的1,313,858相比。中国也有电动汽车的初创企业,包括尼欧工业公司和XPEG,以及包括北极星、Zeekr、ORA、Mg等在内的老牌汽车制造商的电动汽车品牌。

资料来源: 路透社

原文

Ford Chairman Says US Cannot Compete With China In EV Production Yet

Bill Ford believes US carmakers need to get ready for Chinese competition eventually coming to the United States.

Jun 20, 2023 at 4:10am ET

By: Dan Mihalascu

Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford said the United States cannot compete with China in the production of electric vehicles yet.

In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday program, Ford echoed comments from other top automotive executives regarding China's dominance in EV manufacturing.

"They developed very quickly, and they developed them in large scale. And now they're exporting them. They're not here but they'll come here we think, at some point, we need to be ready, and we're getting ready."

Bill Ford, who is the great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford, said the automaker's new $3.5 billion EV battery plant in Michigan that will build LFP (lithium iron phosphate) cells under license from China's CATL is a chance for Ford engineers to learn the technology and then use it themselves.

"It (Michigan) is a wholly owned Ford facility. They'll be our employees, and all we're doing is licensing the technology. That's it," he said.

Bill Ford's comments come after Ford CEO Jim Farley said last month that Chinese EV makers are the company's main rivals in the sector, and that the automaker needs lower costs or distinct branding to beat Chinese automakers.

"I think we see the Chinese as the main competitor, not GM or Toyota. The Chinese are going to be the powerhouse," Ford's head honcho said.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk also spoke in complimentary terms about Chinese automakers and their EVs several times in the past. In January, he said he respected carmakers in China, which he believes are the most competitive in the world.

"They work the hardest and they work the smartest. And so if I were to guess, probably some company out of China is the most likely to be second to Tesla," Musk said.  

China's leading electric vehicle maker is BYD, which ranked second behind Tesla in 2022 in global BEV sales with 911,141 units, compared to the US company's 1,313,851. China also has EV startups with a global presence, including Nio and XPeng, and EV brands from established carmakers, including Polestar, Zeekr, Ora, MG, and others.

Source: Reuters