{"id":112671,"date":"2026-04-20T07:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/ford-ceo-said-theres-a-reason-he-chose-to-drive-xiaomi-and-not-tesla\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:52:47","slug":"ford-ceo-said-theres-a-reason-he-chose-to-drive-xiaomi-and-not-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/ford-ceo-said-theres-a-reason-he-chose-to-drive-xiaomi-and-not-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford CEO Said There&#8217;s a Reason He Chose to Drive Xiaomi and Not Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ford CEO Jim Farley said he tested a Xiaomi EV, and not a Tesla, for a reason.<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-player-container\">\n<div class=\"audio-player is-loading\" data-component-type=\"audio-player\" data-load-strategy=\"lazy\" data-audio-url=\"https:\/\/ai-audio.insider-prd.engineering\/post\/ford-ceo-jim-farley-xiaomi-tesla-chinese-ev-2026-4\/narration.mp3\" data-track-view=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;ai_audio_narrator&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;subscription_experience&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\">\n                      <button class=\"audio-player-toggle-button\" aria-label=\"Play audio\"><\/p>\n<p>\n                          <span class=\"audio-player-label label-md-strong\">Loading audio narration&#8230;<\/span>\n                        <\/p>\n<p>                      <\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In an interview with &#8220;Rapid Response&#8221; released on Friday, host Bob Safian asked Farley why he had driven a Xiaomi SU7 EV in 2024 rather than a Tesla to gauge the competition. Farley replied that to beat China in the car business, he would not necessarily focus on Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing against Tesla \u2014 they&#8217;ve been doing great \u2014 but they really don&#8217;t have an updated vehicle,&#8221; he said to Safian.<\/p>\n<p>He said Chinese car brands like BYD are the &#8220;best in the business,&#8221; considering their cost, supply chain, and manufacturing expertise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, if we&#8217;re smart, we&#8217;ll take the cost competitiveness of BYD and then compete with that platform in parts of the market where we know our customers really well,&#8221; Farley said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This next cycle of EV customers in the US that want <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/electric-pickups-us-sales-drop-ev-tesla-cyberstruck-ford-2026-4\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"\">pickups and utilities<\/a> and all these different body styles, but they want it at $30,000, not $50,000 like the first inning,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They want it affordably.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Farley said China&#8217;s progress in automobiles is something to be feared and respected, a message he has repeated several times in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Farley said in a podcast interview that he had been driving a <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ford-ceo-driving-xiaomi-su7-electric-vehicles-ev-2024-10\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"\">Xiaomi SU7<\/a> for six months and did not want to give it up. And earlier in April, he said on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; that Chinese cars entering the US would be &#8220;devastating&#8221; to the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ford-ceo-jim-farley-chinese-carmakers-entering-us-devastating-2026-4\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"\">US&#8217;s manufacturing industry<\/a>, which he called the &#8220;heart and soul&#8221; of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Farley&#8217;s comments on &#8220;Rapid Response&#8221; come as <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ford-electric-vehicles-switch-hybrid-2025-12\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"\">Ford has pivoted<\/a> from producing its F-150 Lightning purely electric pickup trucks to smaller, more affordable, and hybrid cars. Ford said in December that the move would cost the company about $19.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Ford&#8217;s cheapest hybrid vehicle is its Maverick XL pickup, which starts at around $28,000. Tesla&#8217;s cheapest model is its Model 3, which starts at $36,990.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Tesla did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>window.allScripts = window.allScripts || []; window.allScripts.push({ type: \"load\", script: \"%3Cscript%20id%3D%22meta-pixel-script%22%20%3E(()%3D%3E%7Bvar%20e%3D%7B69531()%7B!function()%7Bvar%20e%2Cr%2Ct%2Cn%2Co%2Ci%3Bfunction%20a()%7Bwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.usPrivacyApplies%26%26window.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.isOptedOutOfAds%3Ffbq(%22dataProcessingOptions%22%2C%5B%22LDU%22%5D%2C0%2C0)%3Afbq(%22dataProcessingOptions%22%2C%5B%5D)%2Cfbq(%22init%22%2C%221988166924554892%22)%2Cfbq(%22track%22%2C%22PageView%22)%7Dwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.vppaApplies%7C%7Cdocument.querySelectorAll('iframe%5Bsrc*%3D%22jwplayer%22%5D').length%7C%7C(e%3Dwindow%2Cr%3Ddocument%2Ct%3D%22script%22%2Ce.fbq%7C%7C(n%3De.fbq%3Dfunction()%7Bn.callMethod%3Fn.callMethod.apply(n%2Carguments)%3An.queue.push(arguments)%7D%2Ce._fbq%7C%7C(e._fbq%3Dn)%2Cn.push%3Dn%2Cn.loaded%3D!0%2Cn.version%3D%222.0%22%2Cn.queue%3D%5B%5D%2C(o%3Dr.createElement(t)).async%3D!0%2Co.src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Ffbevents.js%22%2C(i%3Dr.getElementsByTagName(t)%5B0%5D).parentNode.insertBefore(o%2Ci))%2Cwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.cmStarted%3Fa()%3AsetTimeout(a%2C1e3))%7D()%7D%7D%2Cr%3D%7B%7D%3Bfunction%20t(n)%7Bvar%20o%3Dr%5Bn%5D%3Bif(void%200!%3D%3Do)return%20o.exports%3Bvar%20i%3Dr%5Bn%5D%3D%7Bexports%3A%7B%7D%7D%3Breturn%20e%5Bn%5D(i%2Ci.exports%2Ct)%2Ci.exports%7Dt.m%3De%2Ct.c%3Dr%2Ct.o%3D(e%2Cr)%3D%3EObject.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e%2Cr)%2C(()%3D%3E%7Bt.S%3D%7B%7D%3Bvar%20e%3D%7B%7D%2Cr%3D%7B%7D%3Bt.I%3D(n%2Co)%3D%3E%7Bo%7C%7C(o%3D%5B%5D)%3Bvar%20i%3Dr%5Bn%5D%3Bif(i%7C%7C(i%3Dr%5Bn%5D%3D%7B%7D)%2C!(o.indexOf(i)%3E%3D0))%7Bif(o.push(i)%2Ce%5Bn%5D)return%20e%5Bn%5D%3Bt.o(t.S%2Cn)%7C%7C(t.S%5Bn%5D%3D%7B%7D)%3Bt.S%5Bn%5D%3Bvar%20a%3D%5B%5D%3Breturn%20a.length%3Fe%5Bn%5D%3DPromise.all(a).then(()%3D%3Ee%5Bn%5D%3D1)%3Ae%5Bn%5D%3D1%7D%7D%7D)()%3Bt(69531)%7D)()%3B%3C%2Fscript%3E\" });<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ford-ceo-jim-farley-xiaomi-tesla-chinese-ev-2026-4\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nSee more https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford CEO Jim Farley said he tested a Xiaomi EV, and not a Tesla, for a reason. 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