Ford is making another version of the F-series right they're going to a new a new truck platform for their big new EV investment. Tesla's charger network may be irrefutably better than Ford's but in places like California those chargers are already really really crowded and really really overused just by the Tesla fleet. If Ford were imagining building you know really high volumes of EVs in the near future that we're gonna access that Tesla that would be not just a problem for Ford but it would be a problem for Tesla as well.
San Francisco is ground zero for a lot of the conflicts between the tech sector and society at large, and increasingly that conflict is centering on AVs. This week the gang discusses the technical and social factors at play, and how some AV developer strategies are shifting. Plus, a discussion of Ford's new deal to use Tesla Superchargers.