Translation: I (as CEO of Ford) failed to address this market and my poor decisions are threatening to come back and bite me. Please save me by blocking my competitors from entering this market. I’ll continue to shift away from climate friendly tech to pander to US politics rather than innovate on my merits.
Not, this is the same CEO that has used a Xiaomi SU7 sedan as his daily driver since 2024 and famously has said ‘I don’t want to give it up’.
That’s far beyond just testing the competition. He knows they’re fucked, and he’s taking advantage of his position to drive a better product basically no one else can in the US.
At what point should expect he has some vested intetest for chinease EVs and is hoping to see gains from that when he gets his golden parachut?