Episode #24 – Hauling, Firing, Hiring, Renting and Banning




Wheel Bearings show

Summary: <div id="attachment_252" style="width: 1290px;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"> <img class="size-full wp-image-252" src="https://i1.wp.com/wheelbearings.media/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wb-24.jpg?resize=1170%2C699" alt="Wheel Bearings #24"><p class="wp-caption-text">Wheel Bearings #24</p> </div> <p>This week Dan and Sam discuss driving the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, hauling decking materials with the new aluminum bodied Ford F250 Super Duty and hauling ass in the Shelby GT350. In the news since the last episode, Lyft will be testing Waymo’s minivans in addition to Chevy Bolts, Theresa May wants to ban internal combustion engines by 2050 and the first two salaried job losses are announced at Ford as Mark Fields and Ray Day head for the door.</p> <p>Last week Sam was speaking at the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles conference in Santa Clara, Calif. and the chance to talk with Tom Wang, chief product officer of Turo and Peter Rawlinson, CTO of Lucid.</p> <p>Links</p> <p><a href="https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/uk-election-conservatives-ban-combustion-engine-cars-2050">British Conservatives Propose Banning ICEs by 2050</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2017/05/22/in-sweeping-leadership-change-ford-replaces-ceo-mark-fields-with-james-hackett/#7ac0f3f24784">Ford CEO and Comms VP Lose Their Jobs</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.navigantresearch.com/blog/fords-big-management-shuffle-is-about-changing-perceptions">Ford’s Big Management Shuffle Is About Changing Perceptions</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/uk-election-conservatives-ban-combustion-engine-cars-2050">Lyft and Waymo Hook Up.</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2017/05/21/2017-alfa-romeo-giulia-quadrifoglio-one-spicy-italian/">2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio</a></p> <p> </p>