Short commentary video by Chris Collins covering two automotive news items: (1) Piero Landolfi, Tesla's North American service director, has left Tesla and joined Nimble (a robotics company); (2) Ford plans a $30,000 battery-electric (BEV) pickup targeted for release in 2027. The tone is informal and conversational.
Piero Landolfi.
Nimble (a robotics company).
$30,000 and 2027.
This is interesting only because I didn't even think that they would have this position. But Tesla, they had their. They had a North American service director that was just in charge of all the service all around. Piero Landolfi has left, so I didn't even think that they cared about service at Tesla that much, but they actually had somebody that was in charge in it, so. So he took off and left. I don't think that they've named his replacement yet, but it's super interesting to me because, like, if you're a service director, where do you think someone who goes, like, somewhere else in the automotive industry? Nope. This guy went to a place called Nimble, which is a robot company. So he's a tech guy that was in charge of service. So I thought that that was really interesting. And this whole thing is just kind of fun. Let's see, there's some good deals going on. Ford, not a recall notice, but they're put. They're releasing 2027. I always think that this is a new thing, but I don't know, maybe it's not. They're calling these things bevs now instead of just es. What's the B stand for? Battery. Oh, but I'm just. Now, I don't know. I don't know why they had to add a letter, but it's going to be a $30,000 battery electric pickup coming out in 2027.
