Yea, I like private free markets as much as the other guy but government policies like you described are in place in Europe and the U.S. too, it ain’t only them Chinese Commies. And as the American automaker big shots said at the conference, government policies alone aren’t going to save the car industry.
Contrary to what the Jen Meiners dude said in the article, government policies alone aren’t going to kill the car industry either. That applies to Europe, America, and Red China.
Why do you think there is no fear? Because the government is propping them up.
The CCCP has repeatedly done this in many different sectors that makes it almost impossible for companies that actually have to answer for their failures to stakeholders. See the "Rare" Earths and Solar industries for examples of this.
Its hard to compete against that.
While I'm a fan of a Mustang Sedan, that doesn't sound like it would be targeted as a Ford Racing product-it would be more like a Grand Tourer or Personal luxury car.
But in the grand scheme of things where are the bread and butter products that Ford desperately needs?
All that is true but it was enabled by government policies pushing buyers to purchase more EVs combined with government subsidizing battery R&D and production.
You can’t do that in a private free market.