Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford Motor Company, said Monday on “ The Fully Charged Podcast ” that for the past six months he’s been driving the Xiaomi Speed Ultra 7, the Chinese company’s first electric vehicle. Although he said he doesn’t like to talk much about the competition, he praised both the car and its manufacturer, Xiaomi.

Ford CEO Jim Farley admitted to driving a Chinese-made electric vehicle (EV) on Monday despite his company previously receiving billions

The SU7 is Xiaomi's maiden electric vehicle. The Chinese tech giant produces three versions of the car: SU7, SU7 Pro, and SU7 Max. Farley did not specify which version he was driving. "It's fantastic.

Ford CEO Jim Farley has been driving a Chinese EV over the past six months, calling it “fantastic.” After flying the Xiaomi Speed Ultra 7 (SU7) from Shanghai to Chicago, Farley doesn’t want to give it up.

A month after Ford CEO Jim Farley reportedly said Chinese automakers presented an “existential threat” to the western automotive industry, the boss of the world's sixth largest automaker appears to have explained why.

The CEO of US car giant Ford has doubled down on his admiration for China's auto industry, praising smartphone (and car) manufacturer Xiaomi in particular.

Ford CEO Jim Farley admitted he has been driving a Xiaomi SU7 for six months and said he "doesn't want to give it up."

"I've had two trips to China the last two years that were literally epiphanies," Farley told the Everything Electric Show in an interview published to YouTube Monday. "The last on