Ford plans to move the production of some Lincoln models from China to the USA starting in 2030. This was announced by Reuters, which spoke with the CEO of the American company Jim Farley. “It is a difficult decision, but necessary to strengthen the US automotive production base”, he explained. This is because gasoline cars and electric vehicles imported from China are subject to high tariffs. If we think about the US tariff on the Lincoln Nautilus, the main vehicle Ford imports from China, it is 52.5%.
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Lincoln moves to the USA
“We made this decision as soon as the administration’s tariff policy was defined. We knew exactly what they wanted to do and we knew exactly what it meant for Ford. The locally produced Lincolns will be sold on the domestic market as part of a significant effort to increase production,” added Farley, without revealing where production will take place. The Blue Oval CEO spoke alongside the US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick. “Ford has an advantage. Domestic production has an advantage“, the latter commented.
This is how Ford fights tariffs
Moreover, besides tariffs, automakers have had to face the restrictions imposed by the Connected Vehicle Rule, which bans the use of certain Chinese technologies and hardware components in models intended for the US market. In this regard, Farley himself stated that both regulations pushed the company to make this decision, although he indicated tariffs as the determining factor. Remember that the software of the Lincoln Nautilus, sold in about 34,000 units in the USA just last year, is developed in the USA but installed in China, thus requiring approval from the US government to continue selling it locally.
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