• draughtcyclist@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Jim Farley has been quite open about EVs - and he’s been conducting hands-on market research. He’s done podcasts on the topic.

    I don’t know why everyone grabs their pitchforks for this - they’re trying to address competition to modernize their offerings.

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      2 days ago

      Why would we buy his cars ?

      He can afford the tariffs. Everyone else gets a F-150 recall machine ?

      How can you simper for him and want to be taken seriously ?

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        He drives competitor’s cars to understand what they’re like. Many automotive CEOs do this. Don’t panic

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          I am just mad that free trade is only allowed when it benefits the rich, but the moment the Chinese produce a very affordable EV that would help millions of Americans while helping us fight climate change, suddenly we aren’t allowed to buy it because our neo-feudal oligarchs can’t take a cut for themselves…

          Free trade is a farce and our entire system is rotten.

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            1 day ago

            I only disagree because everybody having fancy electric cars is not the solution. Public transit is