Ford vice chair warns that fast-moving, advanced Chinese automakers threaten US industry
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2025/04/16/ford-auto-tariffs-trump-chinese-cars/83116289007/
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2025/04/16/ford-auto-tariffs-trump-chinese-cars/83116289007/
13 Comments
njm1314@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y
Well maybe if y'all actually innovated it wouldn't be such a threat
Un4tural@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Or just made cars that don't break due to wet belts and general poor design choices to make them more disposable... At least in Europe ford used to have a no frills reliable work horse reputation, still see early 2000 transits rusty and abused but clunking along no issue... Then mustang e sat at dealers for repairs cause warranty is outsourced and they themselves can't get parts.
Need to get their shit in order and make cars that make sense, I won't want a nice shiny piece of crap that'll be unrepairable when anything breaks on it.
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
it’s not even innovation at this point… maybe if they didn’t fucking suck harder than a 10yo alternative
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y
It's crazy how easy the US had made it for US manufacturers to catch up but they have chosen to do nothing.
Teslas have existed for a decade now and the most viable option is still to wait until the tarrifs on Chinese EVs are dropped.
Tesla isn't even competitive despite a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 1y
Good. We can hopefully get affordable EV here.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Right? Like no shit. Competition is good for free markets. Make a better product.
demizerone@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Us automakers only innovation has been 100k SUVs. Fuck off!
callouscomic@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y
Business person notes that others doing better in business might be bad for their business.
jankusanagi@mastodon.sdf.org · 11 pts · 1y
@Sunshine the Führer of the US threatens US industry waaaay more...
Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 1y
And not enough of our industry "leaders" have realized this because they don't realize what this really is. They've drank their own flavor-aid propaganda about deregulation and subsidies being good. They think Trump's gonna do great things, that AI is the future, and that Elon Musk is a certified genius. They haven't caught on, yet, to that we are being tortured to death
altima_neo@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 1y
Bring them BYDs to the US. Id buy one.
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y
Time to bail out Ford, I guess.
arc@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
Of course Chinese automakers threaten the US industry. Much like Japanese automakers did in the 70s and 80s. And there is a simple reason for that - Chinese cars makers are selling decent quality vehicles for less money than US (& European) automakers. And they're spearheading electric vehicles while the likes of Ford is actually cutting back on EV commitments.