Subscription Car Business - Is It a Good Idea?

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i think there's an evolution that we have to get to in the form factorsnd. That's an evolution from ebikes, an evolution from scooters. And i think as that evolution plays out, you know, then you never know where we end up in terms of manufacturing side of it. I gang to answer your question in a very specific way because it ties to sort of what's happening for start ups right now and for big companies. It took ten years for e commerce to grow from six per cent to 16 per cent of u s over all sales. But in the ten weeks from the start of the crisis, it grew from sixteen per cent to twenty six per cent. Well...

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