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Signs are not good. The have the resources, not the will or the skill.
Ford News: Can Ford keep up with changing market conditions?
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Last I checked the customer was the boss. What have customer's asked for? I am curious though how will government function when people don't need to work due to robots and ai? Who will pay the taxes? Reality doesn't care about anyone. Ford should do what is needed without whimpering. Competition makes us better. Farley should lead like the GT 40 or move over.
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This asshole sounds like he will be the last ceo of ford, meaning no more ford.
All manufacturing in china is highly subsidised and controlled by the communist party.
Jackass.
All manufacturing in china is highly subsidised and controlled by the communist party.
Jackass.
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I started to watch the video and the interview with Farley at the beginning discusses the abundance of technology in Chinese EVs. How the hell is that a good thing? How about discussing the build quality of the actual cars instead of the crap that gets installed in them? People want cars, not a Minority Report gesture control panel and subscription service on wheels.
As long as SAE level 5 automation is a fantasy, people who care about cars don't want more technology in them. Contrary to what dumbass influencers become infamous for on TikTok, I think most people are still focused on the road and not getting killed rather than livestreaming themselves in a rollover.
There are many other angles I could take on the subject, but a large part of it boils down to companies (certainly in America and Europe, most definitely South Korea, and I don't know about China) focused on extracting maximum profits from their customers for short-term gain rather than innovation and sustainability.
As long as SAE level 5 automation is a fantasy, people who care about cars don't want more technology in them. Contrary to what dumbass influencers become infamous for on TikTok, I think most people are still focused on the road and not getting killed rather than livestreaming themselves in a rollover.
There are many other angles I could take on the subject, but a large part of it boils down to companies (certainly in America and Europe, most definitely South Korea, and I don't know about China) focused on extracting maximum profits from their customers for short-term gain rather than innovation and sustainability.
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I hate to say this having been a Ford guy in a Ford family for over 30 years... but we gave up on them a few years ago (not long after we got our Fusion and experienced their current definition of "customer care") and decided our next car would most likely not be from one of the domestic "big 3". Our general opinion is that Ford no longer cares about their customers - just their customers' money. Not to say that this wasn't always the case, but it's gotten so much worse (IMO) and perhaps obvious lately.
That video sounds like an AI Chinese propaganda film. Sorry, couldn't watch more than about 20 seconds.
No kiddin' China can make cheap crap really quickly. The problem is we've given them so much technology so we could have an "in" to their market. Politicians and business people have been working under the delusion for the past 50+ years that if we give them stuff and are nice to them they will want to be our friends. They don't want to be our friends. They'd love nothing more than for America to implode on itself. The only thing that we have working for us is Communism typically stifles creativity and advances in technology, but that isn't going to do us much good when they control the world.
No kiddin' China can make cheap crap really quickly. The problem is we've given them so much technology so we could have an "in" to their market. Politicians and business people have been working under the delusion for the past 50+ years that if we give them stuff and are nice to them they will want to be our friends. They don't want to be our friends. They'd love nothing more than for America to implode on itself. The only thing that we have working for us is Communism typically stifles creativity and advances in technology, but that isn't going to do us much good when they control the world.
