Selling a car isn't as simple as putting a product on line and selling it. There's omissions regulations, there's different taxes, there's different tariffs that exist. Do you think ford would ever be in the ride sharing business and run a fleet of ride sharing cars? That was always the speculation that at some point a manufacturer might want to be in that....
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