From Tom Moloughney.

I get a rare opportunity to interview the CEO of Ford Motor Company, Jim Farley on the company’s decision to transition to the Tesla NACS (J3400) connector.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:37 Background information on the topic
04:03 I ask Jim what led to the decision to switch to Tesla’s connector
10:48 Did any other CEO call Jim to complain?
12:00 Will Ford relocate the charge port locations to accommodate Superchargers?
14:34 What will be the first Ford EV to have a native NACS inlet?
16:09 Why is Ford giving away the NACS adapter for free?
20:50 I asked Jim if he thinks the future transition to NACS is hurting EV sales today
22:50 Does Tesla get Ford customer data when they use Superchargers?
24:21 Jim’s final thoughts
25:57 Summary
30:57 Outro

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