The Ford CEO has been using the Xiaomi SU7 for several months now. Chinese cars have a lot to teach Westerners

Electric vehicles continue to play a key role when it comes to charting the path forward for the auto industry.

Electric cars are here to stay. They have hordes of fans, as well as fierce detractors, and behind their outstanding achievements are also some disadvantages that are not particularly positive. However, with the advent of sports cars that are much cheaper than their combustion engine counterparts, brands are increasingly gaining a higher reputation. One of the biggest surprises of the year was, no more and no less, the Xiaomi SU7, a device that attracts attention in all aspects, but especially for its price.

If anyone knows a lot about cars, it’s Ford CEO Jim Farlis, who recently tested a Xiaomi car and was completely stunned. In fact he claims that he doesn’t want to return it how impressive it seemed to him. In his appearances on the Fully Charged podcast, he spoke at length about Chinese cars and how they can contribute to the market today.

The rise of Chinese cars

The first thing Farley did was praise the brand like a real beast on the market. Since Xiaomi is involved in almost every segment of consumer electronics, it has a brand image that very few exclusively car companies can afford. Apparently the reason he was driving that car was learn from it and be able to get rid of it.

Although this is not a profitable business for Xiaomi, which needs to increase production and market to reduce costs, the truth is that the car turnsas three of its models are currently sold out. But all this does not lead to the fact that he loses power, which according to Farley poses a real threat to Western automobile companies. This isn’t the only car that seemed impressive as other brands such as Changan They also seem to be quite powerful in what they offer.

Thus, Ford, which has not yet found a button to improve its financial results, finds itself, to put it mildly, in a difficult situation. So they bet on hybrid cars instead of purely electric ones, with the intention of having its own market and not colliding with the Asian giants that have become undeniably important in recent years.

Meanwhile, Chinese brands are trying to make significant inroads into all existing markets. Although the European Union voted to impose high tariffs on Chinese cars to protect European cars.

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