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Thanks for posting. Great interview and interesting to hear it directly from the ‘Boss.’
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Thank you. Jim's a rock star, IMO.
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I like what Farley is doing, but he is about as nervous of a public speaker as I am, which is weird for a CEO.
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I enjoyed the video and found it informative. I question the statement that Tesla initially declined Ford’s offer to switch to NACS, though. Tesla announced the NACS standard in November, 2022 in a flowery announcement inviting everyone to join them.
Ford didn’t announce the switch to NACS until May of last year. Why would they require much convincing to something they were publicly offering for almost six months?
Otherwise, I loved the interview. Jim Farley seems to understand the value of customer experience and loyalty, and I’m looking forward to where we’re going from here!
Ford didn’t announce the switch to NACS until May of last year. Why would they require much convincing to something they were publicly offering for almost six months?
Otherwise, I loved the interview. Jim Farley seems to understand the value of customer experience and loyalty, and I’m looking forward to where we’re going from here!
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There is a difference between Tesla opening the standard and open their superchargers. While I think that was always the goal to open the supercharger network, I don’t think Tesla would have done as soon as they did without Ford.
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And yet they didn’t open their network to others until Ford pushed them to do it, which they could have done exactly like they have now with an adapter.
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First, his video clearly states that he personally talked to Elon 2-years ago. Secondly, Doug talked to his contacts prior. So both were before the initial announcement that Tesla was releasing their plug to be a standard.
Then the other consideration is, there is also the thought Tesla had planned on opening up NACS, but not the supercharger network at this point. I suspect the end game was to get industry to switch to NACS so Tesla drivers didn’t need to us an adapter moreover allowing non-teslas to charge on a super charger.
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I would trust Farley’s view and/or timeline of events more than Elon’s
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Jim and Chris are cousins. That's truth, not comedy.It always makes me think of his cuz
| Relatives | Chris Farley (cousin) Kevin Farley (cousin) John Farley (cousin) 3 children |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Farley_(businessman)
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Nice video and interview. Finally good to hear it from Jim the story of how it all happened. I'd be a bit amiss though if we don't recognize that Jim had a blind eye for a while - all he had to do was listen to his customers and those Charging Angels which were brought up more than once. He didn't. He says it all happened because of personal experience on a road trip with his kids who noticed the Tesla Superchargers. I'm sure he did hear the resounding complaints, but too bad he didn't act just on them and it took his own personal experience to get us here. Where is that in listening to your customers. hmmm.
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