福特：中国在电动汽车领域走在世界前列
China is taking the lead in the electric vehicle market, Bill Ford, executive chairman at Ford Motor Company, said on Wednesday.
福特汽车执行总裁比尔·福特周三表示，中国在电动汽车市场领域走在世界前列。
At the 2017 Fortune Global Forum held in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Ford said he is bullish on China's new energy vehicle (NEV) market, saying strong government resolve to encourage their use can be successful.
Optimistic on the outlook, the U.S. car maker earlier announced a joint venture with China's Anhui Zotye Automobile to produce and sell electric cars in China, with plans to launch 15 electric car models in the country by 2025.
While the infrastructure for electrification has improved and the cost is coming down, there is still a question mark as to whether retail customers can accept NEVs in big numbers, according to Ford.
He said the joint venture will bring in impressive technology and competitive costs so that retail customers don't get choked out of the market.