在过去五年间，福特公司时任首席执行官吉姆·法利就特斯拉和电动汽车（EV）市场发表了重要声明。在一份宣布福特F-150 Lightning电动皮卡（转录者指出，该车型此后已被取消，理由是“电动汽车太难了”）的新闻稿中，特斯拉Model 3 获得了高度赞扬。它被描述为“标志性的创新者和颠覆者”，并被“与历史上改变游戏规则的汽车产品相提并论”。 该新闻稿中包含以下直接引述：“每隔一段时间，就会出现一款颠覆现状、改变格局的新车型。”吉姆·法利还亲自感谢埃隆·马斯克“开创了先河”，转录者将此解读为福特首席执行官在称赞特斯拉在电动汽车领域的领导地位，并默认特斯拉的主导地位。此外，福特新闻稿直接声称，福特是“唯一能在电动汽车领域挑战特斯拉的公司”。

Over the last half-decade, Jim Farley, then CEO of Ford, made significant statements regarding Tesla and the electric vehicle (EV) market. In a press release announcing Ford's F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck (which the transcriber notes has since been cancelled because "electric vehicles are hard"), Tesla's Model 3 was highly praised. It was described as an "iconic innovator and a disruptor," placed "on par with historic game-changing automotive products." The press release included the direct quote: "Every so often, a new vehicle comes along that disrupts the status quo and changes the game." Jim Farley also personally thanked Elon Musk "for leading the way," which the transcriber interprets as the Ford CEO praising Tesla's leadership in EVs and tacitly acknowledging Tesla's dominant position. Furthermore, the Ford press release directly claimed that Ford was "the only company challenging Tesla in EVs."