福特CEO：我不太喜欢谈论竞争，但我开的是小米……

综合美国《财富》杂志网站等10月23日报道，美国汽车制造巨头福特公司首席执行官（CEO）吉姆·法利（Jim Farley）日前做客一档播客时透露，他过去半年来一直在驾驶中国产的小米电动汽车，还给出颇高的评价，称已经不想换开其他车。

Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford Motor Company, admitted he's been driving a Chinese-made Xiaomi SU7 for months, and he doesn't want to stop.

在这档21日上线的名为“Everything Electric Show”的播客节目中，法利称，他在过去两年去了两次中国，两次旅行都给他带来“顿悟”。

“最后一次是关于小米产品的。在西方，我们的手机公司不生产汽车。但在中国，华为和小米这两家最大的手机公司都参与了汽车的研发。”

"I've had two trips to China the last two years that were literally epiphanies," Farley told the Everything Electric Show in an interview published to YouTube Monday. "The last one was about the Xiaomi product. In the west, our cell phone companies don't have car [divisions]. But in China, both Huawei and Xiaomi, the two biggest cell phone companies, are inside of every vehicle that is made."

福特公司首席执行官吉姆·法利

“每个人都在讨论苹果要造车，但小米的车已经上市了，而且很不错。”法利说。

"Everyone's talking about the Apple car, but the Xiaomi car which now exists is fantastic."

法利（右）做客播客节目 视频截图

法利谈到，小米发布的首款新能源汽车SU7每月卖出1万到2万辆，6个月内就销售一空，显示出比汽车公司要更强大的品牌号召力。

他接着说：“我不太喜欢谈论竞争，但我开的是小米。我们从上海往芝加哥空运了一辆，我现在已经开了6个月了，而且我不想换车了。”

Xiaomi, one of China's biggest smartphone and e-scooter producers, revealed its first passenger car, the SU7, in late 2023. "It's fantastic. They sell 10,000- 20,000 a month. They're sold out for six months. That is an industry juggernaut and a consumer brand that is much stronger than car companies," Farley added. "I don't like talking about the competition so much, but I drive a Xiaomi. We flew one from Shanghai to Chicago and I've been driving it for six months now, and I don't want to give it up."

小米发布首款新能源汽车SU7‍‍‍‍‍

法利的发言在社交媒体上引发了许多讨论，有人奇怪他为何放着福特自家的汽车不开，选择其他品牌。对此，在汽车行业工作了超过30年的法利解释，他在整个职业生涯中一直会亲自驾驶体验竞争车型。

“技术规格可以说明部分问题，但你必须亲自驾驶才能真正了解并击败竞争对手。”

"I try to drive everything we compete against. Have done it my whole career. Specs can tell part of a story, but you’ve got to get behind the wheel to truly understand and beat the competition," Farley said.

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美国汽车媒体“Motor 1”说，法利的赞扬之词，正值西方汽车制造商在电动汽车技术开发方面严重落后之际。其姊妹网站“InsideEVs”23日则认为，法利所说的只是“许多媒体人、评论家、电动汽车和中国专家长久以来就注意到的：中国的科技和汽车行业比西方的汽车和科技行业更加紧密地联系在一起”。

Farley's praises come at a time when Western automakers are severely lagging behind on technical development for EVs. Farley is speaking on what journalists, pundits and EV and China experts have noticed for quite a while now: China's tech and automotive industries are far more interconnected than the automotive and tech industries in the West.

美国《华尔街日报》9月披露，2023年初，法利和福特首席财务官（CFO）罗礼祥（John Lawler）在中国试驾了长安汽车生产的一款电动汽车。报道描述：“试驾之后，两位高管默默地坐着，对长安汽车取得的进步感到震惊。试驾过程平稳安静，座舱高档，技术易于驾驭。”

Ford CEO Jim Farley and CFO John Lawler were visiting China in early 2023 when the pair decided to take Changan Automobile's electric SUV for a spin. The quick test drive, in which Farley drove and Lawler rode shotgun, gave the executives a taste of what it was like to ride in a Chinese-made EV. Farley and Lawler were left both shocked and impressed by how smooth and quiet their drive was.

编辑：李雪晴

实习生：杨雅琳

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