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Ford's new subs services manager outlines priorities.
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Ford's new subs services manager outlines priorities.
Ford sees revenue from in-car software services, like its hands-free driving feature, surging by 1,000% over the next few years.
This week, the transportation newsletter focuses on robotaxi problems in San Francisco, Vinfast's crazy first week on Nasdaq and the IRA.
A year ago, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, a law loaded with incentives for climate tech and designed to encourage companies like automakers to bring manufacturing back to the United States. The battery factory trend might have started before the IRA was signed, but the law has helped accelerate the ramp. ElectraMeccanica, previously the maker of the three-wheeled Solo EV, is merging with electric truck startup Tevva, and the whole deal makes me wonder if there's a place for such tiny autocycles in the U.S.
The Blue Oval Company is not doing much to detract our attention from th...