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Column: Caresoft looks inside Chinese vehicles and sees trouble for legacy automakers

Caresoft Global President Terry Woychowkski.
Caresoft Global Technologies President Terry Woychowski, at the company's U.S. headquarters in Livonia, Mich., shows how Chinese automakers have driven down costs by reducing parts. “What we see from the Chinese is an existential threat,” Woychowski said. "Things are going to change." (PAIGE HODDER/AUTOMOTIVE NEWS)
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Richard Truett
February 13, 2025 11:00 AM
Caresoft Global President Terry Woychowkski.
Caresoft Global Technologies President Terry Woychowski, at the company's U.S. headquarters in Livonia, Mich., shows how Chinese automakers have driven down costs by reducing parts. “What we see from the Chinese is an existential threat,” Woychowski said. "Things are going to change." (PAIGE HODDER/AUTOMOTIVE NEWS)

DETROIT — To hear Caresoft Global Technologies executives translate what they have seen by tearing down, examining and analyzing the costs of cars from China, the Detroit 3 and many other global legacy automakers are in a brutal battle for survival.

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