Regular listeners of Decoder know car CEOs love coming on the show. There is a lot of change in the car industry, a lot of big ideas about how to manage that change, and a lot of big problems to solve: the transition to electric vehicles, the fact that cars are basically turning into rolling smartphones, how to make self-driving work safely, and more. And, of course, we always end up talking about Tesla — because how can you not?

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Luminar CEO Austin Russell

Ford CEO Jim Farley

Argo AI CEO Brian Saleski

Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath

Waymo CEO Tekedra Mawakana

Jeep CEO Christian Meunier

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess

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Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Today’s episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone, and Jackie McDermott with and it was edited by Callie Wright.

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan. 

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