Ford CEO Says Chinese EVs Are "Far Superior" To Western Rivals

Ford CEO Jim Farley has acknowledged that electric vehicles from China are “far superior” to those made by Western automakers, calling it “the most humbling thing I have ever seen,” Business Insider’s Kwan Wei Kevin Tan reported.

Farley attributed the tech gap partly to U.S. companies like Apple and Google deciding not to enter the car business. I Photo: Jim Farley X

Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival during a panel moderated by author Walter Isaacson, Farley said he had visited China six or seven times over the past year and was struck by the pace and quality of innovation.

“Seventy percent of all EVs in the world are made in China,” he noted.

“They have far superior in-vehicle technology. Huawei and Xiaomi are in every car,” he said. “You get in, and you don’t have to pair your phone. Your whole digital life is automatically mirrored in the car.”

Farley attributed the tech gap partly to U.S. companies like Apple and Google deciding not to enter the car business.

He also warned: “If we lose this, we do not have a future Ford.” He cited not just technology, but the quality and cost efficiency of Chinese EVs as threats to Western automakers.