How Ford can challenge powerful a Chinese EV maker’s potential entrance in the U.S.

Forget Tesla , the real competition in electric vehicles is low-cost Chinese automakers. That’s what Ford CEO Jim Farley recently told Wall Street. He said he has a plan as one such EV maker looks to break into America. BYD — short for Build Your Dreams — could pose a threat to Ford and other U.S. automakers if speculation is correct and the Chinese automaker does build an electric vehicle factory in Mexico. According to a Nikkei report from mid-February, the plant could be used as an export hub to penetrate the U.S. market and help evade the high import…