cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54617060

Ford CEO Jim Farley is warning that Europe could undermine its own carmakers if it keeps setting ambitious EV rules and then backing away from them when buyers do not follow

That stop-start approach, he says, leaves automakers designing products and plants for targets that may not stick, all while dealing with tariffs, content rules and rising costs.

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    20 hours ago

    Yes, because car manufacturers have already been producing them for over 20 years at this point and already have factories that can do it. It’s “simpler” in that new factories all over the world aren’t required to mass produce.