Ford CEO Jim Farley talks Ford Mustang GTD, Adopting Tesla's Charging Standard, & Splitting the Company from The InEVitable

Ford CEO Jim Farley talks Ford Mustang GTD, Adopting Tesla's Charging Standard, & Splitting the Company

1 hour 9 minutes Posted Sep 21, 2023 at 8:00 am.

Guest introduction & more about the day of recording.

Ford Mustang GTD!

Prototype Inboard Suspension & DRS System.

The wing!

Decision behind the name "Mustang GTD".

Adopting Tesla's Charging Standard.

Decision behind the split into "Ford Blue" & "Ford Model e".

Making EVs vs ICE vehicles.

Jim's road trip in the Ford Lightning.

Tripling Ford Lightning Production.

Other lessons he learned on the road trip.

The future of Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs).

Predictive Failure Components using AI.

Autonomy with BlueCruise.

Subscription vs Usage cost for BlueCruise.

Software subscriptions.

Selling the customer on SDVs.

How is mass adoption of EVs going?

EV price war with China.

Predictable cycle in technology change.

Predicting the Gas-powered car ban in 2035.

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MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with Ford CEO Jim Farley! The guys discuss the all-new Ford Mustang GTD supercar, Ford adopting Tesla's Charging Standard, the decision behind splitting into "Ford Blue" & "Ford Model e", making EVs vs ICE vehicles, what he learned on his road trip in a Ford Lightning, battery production, the future of SDVs, autonomy with BlueCruise, the EV price war with China, and more!

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