Ford's SECRET Strategy: Pretend Tesla Doesn't Exist.

以下是这段内容的中文翻译： 这段文字提出了一个关于福特应对电动汽车竞争策略的“疯狂阴谋论”。其核心思想是，福特首席执行官吉姆可能通过以下方式故意误导公众认知： 1. **避免赞扬特斯拉：** 该理论认为，吉姆被建议停止公开赞扬特斯拉，以防止潜在的福特客户去了解特斯拉“好得多的电动汽车”，从而转投特斯拉。 2. **赞扬中国电动汽车公司：** 这种赞扬是一种误导策略。其理由是，大多数福特买家“反正不会支持中国电动汽车品牌”，而且中国电动汽车在美国市场上基本上无法购买到，这意味着福特不会因此失去客户。此外，赞扬一个表面上强大但实际上难以企及的“真正竞争对手”（中国电动汽车），会使福特显得对其自身地位“不偏不倚且实事求是”，即便其目前处于落后状态。 3. **美国制造的形象：** 文中指出，福特自豪于自己“非常美国制造”，尽管特斯拉“实际上是美国制造零件最多的汽车制造商”。这种对比暗示，该理论认为福特可能会利用“中国威胁论”的叙事来进一步误导公众。 尽管说话者并非该理论的原创者，但他认为其非常可信，并表示这种策略确实发生的可能性高达“999万亿百分之”。

This text presents a "wild conspiracy theory" regarding Ford's strategy for addressing EV competition. The central idea is that Ford's CEO, Jim, might be intentionally misdirecting public perception by: 1. **Avoiding praising Tesla:** The theory suggests Jim was advised to stop praising Tesla to prevent potential Ford customers from checking out Tesla's "much better electric vehicles" and becoming Tesla customers instead. 2. **Praising Chinese EV companies:** This praise serves as a misdirection tactic. The rationale is that most Ford buyers "won't support a Chinese EV company anyway," and Chinese EVs are largely unavailable in the U.S., meaning Ford won't lose customers to them. Furthermore, praising an ostensibly strong but inaccessible "real competition" (Chinese EVs) makes Ford appear "unbiased and truthful" about its own standing, even if it's behind. 3. **American-Made Perception:** The text notes that Ford prides itself on being "very American-made," even though Tesla is "actually the most American automotive manufacturer by parts made in the US." This creates a contrast, where the theory suggests Ford might leverage the "China boogeyman" narrative to further its misdirection. The speaker, while not the originator of the theory, finds it plausible, suggesting a "999 trillion percent chance" that this strategy is indeed what occurred.