You Don't Want a Land Rover Defender?

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Sonny rat: I think that people would go crazy to buy, like, an old ford, a mustang, or for bronco in the original styling. You just dont ow ou saw the new landrover defender? Have you seen that yet? Yei did. Sonny rat: Do car companies make money on those? Or do they only make money off the midtier ones, or the trucks, or the high end a car companies are profitable? He says he's going to take your idea up to china....

0:52 Jason intros Ford X's Sunny Madra
4:39 How Sunny got his start in Accelerators working on Tinder with Hatch Labs at IAC
11:47 What is Ford X's thesis on mobility and how do they decide whether to buy or build a company?
16:18 How does Ford X evaluate new ideas & how do they source talent? Sunny speaks about his personal investment in Cabana
22:56 Going from idea to product at a large corporation like Ford
29:29 Assessing risk-taking in early-stage ventures at a major company
35:02 How COVID has impacted Ford's stance on mobility & micro-mobility
42:10 Thoughts on bikes, car subscriptions, Ford's resilient commercial business
50:36 Ford's movement in the EV & autonomous vehicle space