"[...]US President Donald Trump's tariff threats and animosity towards electric vehicles are producing a "lot of cost and a lot of chaos" for Ford, the automaker's chief executive Jim Farley said on February 11. Farley said that Trump's tariff threats have created an atmosphere of "policy uncertainty". Farley described Trump's initial plan to enact 25 per cent tariffs on Mexico and Canada as a disaster for the US companies that operate across the region while providing an unfair advantage to European and Asian automakers that also export to the United States. Trump last week suspended the tariffs for 30 days following concessions from Mexico and Canada. But they have not been removed as a possibility.[...]"
New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China
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Details on Seal 05 DM-i and it's improvement over the previous generation Destroyer 05
BYD Xia MPV doing valet parking autnomously
China's PV exports by model in January
BYD Xia MPV doing valet parking autnomously
China's PV exports by model in January
Details of Song+ EV
And Tang DM-i
And Tang DM-i
BYD's competitors will be hard pressed to match BYD here in ADAS.
More details on Song+ DM-i ADAS version
Sea Lion 07 showcased in India's IIMS 2025
Seal 06 DM-i and Qin+ DM-i/EV are all getting huge improvements on their smart car tech. Almost across the board DiPilot-100 + DiLink-100, just unbelievable stuff
Seal 06 DM-i and Qin+ DM-i/EV are all getting huge improvements on their smart car tech. Almost across the board DiPilot-100 + DiLink-100, just unbelievable stuff
why does this matter?
Everyone knows about this interview from years ago and Musk has since walked back on that.
Honestly, what is the purpose of this?
China's auto industry is right now so far ahead of everyone else that Chinese people should not care what foreigners think of it. Why does it matter to you now what some Western said 10+ years ago?
He was right at the time.
The e6 was not a particularly attractive car, it was meant primarily for taxi service. The other cars from that time period were not attractive F3DM, first mass market PHEV, was not a looker
The LFP battery technology was not quite mature, and industry did think NMC was the better option
He was also right that they faced an uphill battle in China against the incumbent SOE groups (much like Tesla itself had to struggle)