Remarkable People Behind the Podcast – How an Old Brand Creates Lightning

Sam. Hello, everybody. We were like, we didn't decide who's talking first, so.

That's right. I just let you go. Ladies first. First, always.

Hello, Remarkable People fans. We are so excited that you guys are tuning in for the behind the Podcast episode. This week. We are going to talk about some cool stuff that's innovative technology, and I don't know, we'll see what else we have to say about it, because there's really a lot of things that you can discuss in this one area.

And Peg came up with some great questions, so. But first, make sure you guys go. If you haven't subscribed to the podcast, make sure you go to remarkablepeople.com and we have this handy dandy QR code. You can just go ahead and hold up your smart device up there and click on that, and it will take you right to where you need to download. It's very handy, but we'd love for you guys, if you haven't listened to it, this is a great episode. This is Linda Zhang, and she is. What's her official title? Because it's.

She's the chief engineer. She was the chief engineer on the. On the Ford F150 Lightning, which is their electric truck. That is. People are crazy for this truck. The last I saw it was like over 200, 000 people had signed up. You can't even get ones. They're signing up for the option to get one.

Yeah, it's a waiting list. And you have. And you have to. Yeah, you have to put money down. So it's like a big deal because I went and looked at it, because we'll talk about it later. But so first of all, we have a new thing, and you want to talk about this. Peg, while we're at the top of the show, let people sign up. So it's very, very cool. Look at this cool graphic.

So a few weeks ago, we were on the show and we were talking about a community and where we would like to do that, and we decided not to do, you know what group on a social platform. So. So we decided to try Circle. So this is a really cool closed community where you can join the Remarkable People community, which will be remarkable people like you who want to speak with other remarkable people. So it'll be Guy and Jeff and I. And so. And you, if you join. So this is a separate thing. It's not a social platform. It's not a paid community. It's just an open, free community. And there is. You can do it on desktop or there's an app. And after the show, I will go in to the comments and I will put links so you can get it. But also you can just go to Bit Ly Remarkable People Circle and that will take you right to the invitation to join. And then once you come in, you'll see what's in there. So we're excited to try this community. We've tried texting community, which if you are somebody who gets our weekly text shout out to you because we appreciate you. So we decided to do this community. We have done communities before. Google was a place that was great for communities where there was no algorithms back in the day. Right. So maybe you were part of guys Motorola Group, or maybe you were part of the Authors Publisher Entrepreneur Writing group. We had several different groups on there. So, yeah, we'd love to know what you would love to see in a community. Eventually, you know, there'll be just things that are in the community only, but we'll also be sharing things from the podcast. We'll be asking, you know, Guy put a question there, like, do you have questions that you would like to ask to this specific guest? We have so many great guests on our podcast and so many great guests coming up. So this is an opportunity, as a fan of remarkable people, to kind of add your input on a few things, like questions.

Yeah. And it's funny because, you know, some of those questions get in there. I mean, Peg and I even had some of ours squeak by the sensors to get in there. So if you want to, like, if you like, if you know, and Guy will announce in there, like, hey, we're going to interview so and so what would you like to ask him? Make sure you take advantage of that opportunity because this is a chance to get your question asked. And, you know, don't just say, like, what's your favorite color? Think really hard about, like, if you had a chance to sit in front of Jane Goodall, what would you ask her? And think about it, because there's stuff that we haven't thought about, but we'd love to be able to surface some of those questions on the podcast as well. So today's show, like we said, is about Linda Zhang, who is kind of in charge of the, the F150 Lightning. And, you know, I've always been, you know, Ford and Chevy. I was always been a Chevy guy, but I would not turn my nose up at the, the, the Ford F150 Lightning.

But to get it goes zero to 60 in less than five seconds. It's like, blah, blah, seconds.

It boggles the mind how. And it's heavy. It's heavier than most trucks and it goes that fast. I just think it's gonna. It'd be so much fun to drive. But anyway, here is the icebreaker for today. Have you ever been on a waiting list for a product? Have you ever been on a waiting list for a product? Have you ever signed up for something and you were so excited to get it? I was trying to think about this. I think I did some Kickstarter stuff. There's a really cool toolbox that I wanted that had like all these power nerdy tech stuff in it, and I got that. And it took forever. It kept. They kept missing their deadlines, but I finally got it. So that's the one I thought about. What about you pick?

I have. I have one right here that's one of my favorites. My retro. This was one that was a Kickstarter too. It's a retro keyboard. So it actually feels like a keyboard when you. When you do it. And it lights up. It's a very. It's a very cool keyboard. But other things that I've gone on a waiting list for. Back in the day, when Urban Decay came out with their naked palette, that was like a huge deal. And so I think I was on the waiting list for that or maybe my second one. So sometimes there's makeup things that are like in pre order, which is crazy to think. But that palette sold so much, they actually like kind of stopped making it and made other versions. They sold so much. It was like 39 for all these colors. And the makeup industry and the skincare industry have really exploded during the pandemic with skin care, even more than makeup. But it's crazy.

So, I mean, there's some apps that I've done. Like I was on the, like the getting on early for Robin Hood because I thought that was really cool how they did that. And then also when they offered IPO access where you can actually, you know, get in on the IPOs. I mean, that kind of stuff. I don't know if that's.

You want to go way back. Pinterest was one of the things that you needed. Invite only. Raise your hand if you're on Pinterest. When it was invite only, I was in there. Google actually was like that. They sent it out to Gmail and you could like, join it.

Yeah, yeah. So some of those. So Jonathan says I was on the waiting list for an event. So, yeah, I'm going to Disney. So I'm going to be Waiting a lot.

Yeah, because they got rid of the Fast Pass.

Well, they just came out with the new Genie plus, which is a paid thing. So it's like per person, per day paid Fast Pass, which has got the old Disney Illuminati up in arms. So it's pretty crazy.

So pay a lot to go.

Yes, it is. I don't know how. Anyway, it's just crazy.

Yeah.

So Stanton says this has this. He says, my favorite quote. Do something right. And you can ride that for a long, long time. So speaking of writing, we are talking all about the F150 today and today's podcast. So go check it out. It's really fascinating behind the scenes how things are, are built and you know, the whole E. You know, the, the electric car, you know, ecosystem, all that stuff. The questions they had to do all this stuff. It's a really fascinating episode. You can find that@remarkable people.com.

So it's also impressive that Linda, being a female, is the chief engineer because that is a very, very male centric.

And a truck industry. Yeah, and it's a truck.

I mean all of it. All, every part of it. So, you know, kudos to Ford. I did. She's been doing a lot of interviews for this. But also like all the head of, you know, the president, like all the big people are doing it. This is a very huge product launch. But that was kind of the, the, the title of this was like how an old brand, which is Ford, which has been around, you know, since the very first cars were made. Henry Ford was, you know, an American innovator. That's in the top of our American innovators. He did have some. He, he also was like one of the first conspiracy theorists, which we won't get into all the those things. So he does have a dark side to him, unfortunately. But as far as the American car goes and revolutionizing, um, he's the person who said, hey, we should have five day work weeks because it used to be six. So he actually, you know, made it for workers so they would work less at, you know, a specific set of hours. And so there's a lot of innovations, I think obviously also the assembly line, I believe came from.

Yeah, he came from him. Yeah, that was the first time. So one of the things I thought guy said, and I totally agree with it, that I think this is going to change the E car landscape more than Tesla. I really do. I mean, Tesla is kind of the, you know, we'll probably have standardized hookups from Tesla and all those things. But I think this car, because of so many people want it, and it's a truck, and it can power your house.

All this stuff that is crazy. If you have a power outage, this truck can power your house for three days.

It's amazing. I mean, that is.

It really is.

That is really cool. So. So some people been on waiting lists for a. A product, but another question is, you know, what? What? Oh, I got all sorts of things coming up here.

You got a whole bunch of layers going on.

Yeah. So what companies make you think? Innovation. So Tesla, we mentioned before, Ford is really an innovator. What are some other companies? And we'd love to know for you guys, what do you think is an innovative company? It doesn't have to be around for a long time. You know, a lot of the ones, you know, continually reinvent themselves to some degree. But what do you think makes a company innovative? What is. What's. What's one for you, Peg?

I'm interested to know what companies make me think. Actually, I did mention one, which was Urban Decay coming up with the idea to do that makeup palette, which. I know you're not into makeup palettes, but how do you know they changed the industry by creating these color palette in makeup. And then people were obsessed with them, and it just. They sell so much. It's make a product sell out. Like, they come out with a product and they sell them out. It's crazy. And it's. The markup on it is probably, you know, probably cost them $6 to make it or something. And if they're not good, they don't do well. So it's a product where, you know, the products have to be good in order. In order to be successful. Because if. If they're, you know, bad products, people immediately hate them and then trash them online. So beauty products are highly regulated. Selena Gomez actually has a makeup company that she launched called Rare Beauty, which they have different kinds of products, and you use the smallest amount, like the teeniest dot that you can even put on of makeup, which is like the opposite of what you would think a makeup company would want you to use a lot. But their product, you use like a teeny dot. And she does profits to mental health awareness. So it's a. It's a social good company, too. So I think the companies that are working towards social good are also cool. Like maybe. Oh, you know what another innovative company is just made me think of it is Halo top ice cream.

Oh, yeah.

You know, Ben and Jerry's, and they had the market forever and like all the regular ice cream companies that you like, but they made Halo Top ice cream. If you haven't had it, it's a lower carb versions and lower calorie version of ice cream.

So you can eat more.

Get it?

Yeah.

And you have to leave it out for a little bit to like, set to like get to a certain temperature. And then it's so good. And it's like, not a cheap food. It's. It's pretty. Not. Not so bad, isn't it?

Like, it's really good.

It's healthier than regular ice cream and it tastes amazing. So that to me was a huge innovation. And then now you'll see in the grocery store that there's tons of like store brands, knockoff brands. Like, everybody's trying to do what they did. And I think that before that you could either get ice cream or frozen yogurt. So Halo Top was a pretty big innovation. And that's a good point.

Yeah.

When they, when they first came out, I found them and I found them on Instagram, I think, and they sent me like a huge thing of ice cream because we didn't have all the flavors where I lived yet. And so they sent me this humongous, like, freezer, like a big huge package full of Halo Top ice cream. My husband was like, what? You got free ice cream?

He was like, that's what happened when you know you've made it when you get free ice cream. So we've got some great, we've got some great comments here. So taking risk and allowing employees to have real input based on interactions with the public. Google does this to great effect. That's a great one. Another one is an innovative company for me is a company leveraging technology to bring new ways of doing things. And also Madison Reed is an example of hyper innovative makeup company.

And by the way, we have an episode with the founder of Madison Reed, Amy Emorett. Um, so, yeah, that's a great company. And, and they were a great innovator at the beginning of the pandemic. When people needed color, their services exploded and they were like, how can we help people? They started doing like live videos on how to color your hair and Instagram lives and live color consultations and their business just exploded.

Yeah.

So our friend Madison Reed is cool.

Yeah. Our friend Rich Jackson says, I also love lawyers and other professionals who put social good on top of the list when it comes to client selection. And I know Mitch is one of those lawyers. He does a great job. He is also a faithful listener so thanks Mitch, for stopping by and, and giving us your thoughts. JP from over on YouTube says as a Tesla owner, I agree 100% that the F150 Lightning is a real game changer. So JP, are you going to get a F1 Lightning? Are you going to trade in your Tesla? Are you going to keep it? What are your thoughts? That. And so yeah, so yeah, then she goes, free ice cream. So yeah, so that's, that's what. Why isn't that coming up? There we go. Free ice cream. There we go. Yes, I will go for some free ice cream. And I love Halo talk.

It was so good.

Yeah, it's still.

So they're a cool, innovative brand.

So I would say, because Guy's not here. Canva. I think Canva is pretty innovative, especially with the stuff they're doing for video. I mean a lot of. I know we've seen a lot of SaaS, companies and other things. We're kind of. They get a certain point and they rest on their loyals laurels and don't really come out with new stuff, but all the stuff they're doing a video right now. I think it's pretty innovative for. That's a big step. That's a big leap.

There are presentations. Actually making their presentations is what they didn't have video at the beginning. They were only going to be images and graphics, never going to do video because I think it was just too big of a leap at that point. But their presentations used to be just us, just a graphic that you had to download it as a PNG and then upload it. And it was very cumbersome and I probably was the only person that did it. And it was never easy to fix things. But the way that the presentations work now in Canva is you can just download it as a keyNote or a PowerPoint and it puts all the elements in there, not just a static graphic. So you can still move things around and change things, which is really innovative. And also you can just record right in Canva and do the little picture in picture and it's super easy. You don't even need other software. So I'm sure that they're going to say we're only, as Melanie always says, we're only at 1%. I don't know how long they can keep saying that. They might be at 5% now, I don't know. But there's a lot to do. I mean things keep changing. So.

So the last one that I would mention is probably. And I thought I was trying to think of online companies was be chewy.com the pet. Because they do a great job with the subscription. In fact, we just got. And what reminded me of it, we just got a card in the mail saying, happy birthday to our dog Remy. Which I thought, you know what? And it was a nice card. It wasn't like some printed weird thing. It was really, really nicely done. And I'm like, that's really cool. And the stuff they do, like, if I've heard stories where somebody. They, you know, you're on their subscription plan and you send them, you know, you get, you know, dog food or whatever, and your. Some people's dog have passed away, and they're like, hey, please cancel this. And they're stay. Send them these gifts. And they say, hey, we're gonna donate in your dog's honor to this shelter nearby. I mean, they really do it really, really well.

That's nice. And they're not doing it. There's another barkbox also. Is amazing.

Yeah.

So they did that, too, because I had to call and cancel when my dog passed away, and I was like, I can't handle if that box comes and he's not here to be all excited about it. And they were like, we totally get it. And they sent a card that was signed by tons of people in their.

House and really signed. Yeah.

And I think that that is innovation, but it's also reverting back to customer service, which is sorely missing in the world today. It's not like a new innovation, but customer service. Holy cow. If you have customer service anywhere that you can get it these days, it's so rare.

And people will be very loyal once they get good customer service.

It's true. It's true.

So other. So we kind of went through this with some iconic, you know, American brands. I mean, you mentioned Ford, which has been around forever. You know, Chevy is another one. A Coca Cola. What I would say would be. I still. I was talking about Disney earlier. I love their Coca Cola pavilion, where you have, like, different Cokes around the world and you can taste them. So that was so much fun. So I would think those. What's. Yeah, what's another American, iconic American brand, do you think?

Levi's. Levi's. Yeah. Levi's jeans. Yeah.

Yeah.

Because jeans are very American. I mean, everybody wears them, but that's all we wear.

Yeah. Yeah. So I was trying to think of any other ones that those are. The ones that came to mind is, you know, Coke.

I think Apple is also an American iconic brand.

Yes. And that would probably be one of the like in the recent history. I mean, I know I'm old, but I mean comparative. Like I was trying to think of like old ones, like, you know, IBM, you know, it's not really iconic. It's just been around for a while, so.

Right, right.

Oh, yeah, David. David says Nike is a great one. Yes, very, very true. And JP says Fender guitars. Yes, those are some really.

I wonder if JP is playing offender there.

Oh, yeah, that's true. He may be. So Amazon and McDonald's.

I was gonna say McDonald's too. Yeah, Amazon for sure. That is a. Yeah, I would. Those are good ones, Jonathan.

Yeah, so. So. Because, you know, and then like. Cause it's really cool that, you know, and Peg came up with this great title about old brands becoming new or Lightning. You know, I thought that was really good. Gibson is another one. Somebody said, Disney, that's a great one. Brad, he said Disney is a great iconic brand. I would say that is true as well. But you know, those are brands. Some of those brands have reinvented. You think about Disney reinvented themselves and really during the pandemic, really took off with Disney, you know, that whole thing. And so some great iconic brands there. Let's see. So a next one, would you drive? So we Talked about the F150 today in the podcast and how that came about and all the stuff around that. Would you drive an electric vehicle, Peg?

I would drive one. I mean, there's no places to plug them in at all where I live, but I think it would be so cool when it is more mainstream. I know in Silicon Valley, in San Francisco, you can go to parking lots and everything. And there's. I think maybe there's like one parking lot downtown where I live that has like two little electric car chargers. So it's not so mainstream yet. And I usually just drive like around them. I don't. Wouldn't go far. I would just be like around doing my stuff. So I think I would be pretty safe to not run out of battery. So, I mean, I think that's still kind of the fear is. And. And plus it's so slow, right. You can only go like 30 miles an hour where I live, like most of the places, so you get out on the bypass, so probably I'd be fine.

And that's one of the things that they talked about in the podcast was like what they call it. Battery anxiety is a term that they have. But you gotta think, you know, a full tank of gas is still the same about. I think what was it 200 miles? You get on the regular battery, and with extended battery, you get like 275 on the four, I think. I don't quote me on that, but.

I guess the fear is, you know, when you're. When your car get somewhere, you're low on gas. You can get.

Right.

If your car says you're low on a battery. What if it's like your car when it says there's like 1 8, and then all of a sudden it's like you're empty? You know. You know how it's all fine and good until you get down to that last bit, and then they're like, zero and you're out and you're like, what?

But I think, you know, you got to think about back in the old days with the Model A and the Model T, when they were driving across country, there was like, now we have Google and we have all these things where we could. I mean, I plan out a trip anyway when I do road trips. And so I think it would be kind of fun. Like, okay, we have to stop here to recharge. And, you know, I don't know. I think it would be fun, but.

I would if Google Maps would tell you that there's electric charging things.

And, you know, there's going to be a whole cottage industry of people who go, when you run out of battery power, they'll come with like a portable battery pack and charge you up at the side of the road. You know, there's an industry that's just waiting there to do that.

That reminded me of south by Southwest one year when Guy and I were there, Morphe was there, the phone cases that charged things. And they had this booth that had these big, huge dogs. Remember those dogs that had the big barrels on them? Burmese mountain dogs, maybe, and they had puppies of them. And then you could text them and say. Or tweet them and say, I'm running low on battery. And they would send a dog with charging to come and power up your. That's super smart. It was a very good campaign. I'm looking to see if Google Maps tells you if it has electric charging.

I know that there's a huge screen in the F150 Lightning that has those routes on there. And you can do it right inside the car. Yeah. So John Stringer says, is Ford really an innovator or are they playing catch up to the E trend? I would argue that they're an innovator. I mean, I. Everybody's trying to do it, but the. What They've done with the whole powering your house thing that. So I'm in East Texas and you know, somebody sneezes hard in my area and we lose power. And so I think that that would be a real big selling point for them. And no other electric car I've heard of. This is, that's part of their marketing plan. But I think that is genius.

I think this one is, is innovative. I think you can be innovative in an area and not be the first one to do it. By the way, you know Amazon wasn't the first website that ever sold things they. But they innovated it.

Oh. So jp, he corrected me because that's. I couldn't remember what it was. So JP says Tesla has stated that they will open the charging network to non Teslas which I think is genius. And he says the term is rage range anxiety, not rage range anxiety. Yeah.

I searched in Google Maps. I have the Google like I'm a. I have a test one. So it shows different things in there but you can search, search electric charge point and it shows you all the places and there's even ones that are like really close to me that are 24 hours. Tesla Supercharger it's called. So there's tons of. There's. That one has 16, that one's only 14 miles from me. So anyway that is a thing.

Yeah. Bob says most electric cars automatically tell you where all the charging locations are. Hopefully they're absolutely. They're map will be better than maps and not tell you to go to the wrong spot. And while you're running out which has happened.

Well Matt, Google Maps, they have this new feature in there. Am I allowed to say things that are in there if I'm beta? I don't know but anyway you can hold the phone up and take a picture of the buildings that you're around and if and it finds where you are, that's cool.

So Zareth has a great, he has a great point. He goes. It's a wait time that people spend at charging station. It will change from road rage to charge rage. So I didn't think.

Yeah, this.

I don't even know how fast it does with the super fast chargers. I think it's like from zero to you know, whatever it takes quite a bit. So why don't they just put some.

Solar panels on the top?

Yeah. Mitch says smart repowering tools in your house, good branding. Yeah, I agree.

Yeah.

So yeah. So. And Jonathan says it's not always the first mover that wins. Often it's the improver. So, yeah, sometimes.

Sometimes the first one out of the gate takes a lot of hits. And Facebook, Facebook wasn't the first social network.

Right.

MySpace or Live Journal or who knows what people say the first one.

So David has a great point too. He goes, maybe Tesla's next moneymakers. Not cars, but charging stations, infrastructure. So just think, if you went around, instead of like seeing the Sinclair dinosaur, you'd see the Tesla logo. Gas station. Instead of Philips 66, you'd see the Tesla logo and you'd pull that in.

So that could have iconic gas stations, by the way, like mobile. Yes, pretty iconic.

Oh, and so Zerest says, 10 minutes for 100 miles. That's not bad.

No, that's not bad if you're patient, but you're used to filling up gas and thinking like, come on, hurry up. So I don't think we're the most patient people in America.

Oh, and I didn't think so. JP says you should know about the term getting iced. Refers to an internal combustion engine. Ice vehicle blocking a charger. Yeah, I can see that. Because I know even at hotels I've seen those vehicles. You know, they have a charging station a lot of times behind a Hilton or something, and there'll be a regular car just sitting in it just because it's close. Yeah, I could see that. I know. It's called iced. Very interesting. Thanks, jp. That's amazing.

It makes me want to sing.

No, don't. We don't what? I don't want to have to break into song with you. So the other question we have is, what would have to change for you to want an electric vehicle? One is to get on the list. I hate waiting. I don't like. That was the thing that we asked. Like, the thing is, if I. If I get on a list, I want to get it. I don't know how far out they are. And you have to pay money.

Yeah.

You know, anyway.

But you know what? The thing is, when there's a line, people want it more. The more. The harder it is to get something, the more people want it. And that is a real thing. There was like a study showed when people were like standing in line for something, people didn't even know what it was, but they would come up and get behind them and stand in line. They didn't even know why they're waiting. Or you look at those Apple events where people wait outside all night to get the next iPhone or something. So I would definitely want an electrical vehicle if. As long as I felt like I could now that I saw that there's charging stations even around me. I would definitely want one as soon as Audi makes a good electric car.

Yeah, I wondered about that. So I like. I like Audis too.

So I'm looking loyal to my Audis.

Yeah. So here. So Bob just goes, I just want one, period. Yeah, me too. I just got I1. It's a truck and I miss my truck. I used to have a truck. I don't have a truck anymore. And Tesla says this. I mean, Mitch says this. Tesla should offer buyers the option to be put in a lottery for a ride into space in five years. Ooh, one lucky owner gets to hop on Ellen. Yes. With all the expenses paid. That would be cool. That's a great idea.

With his brother and William Shatner and George Takai, who also maybe George Takei will be on this one. He's kind of bitter that he didn't get asked.

So David says what make him switch would be super fast charging, like the time it takes to fill up at a gas station.

That would probably be hard, but I'm sure they're working on making that faster and the.

And the price needs to come down. I know there's some government incentives or there used to be or.

Yeah, there was like $7,800 rebate on that truck because I pulled it up to see what the wait list was. I was like, I wonder what it looks like. And wow. They have a great website, by the way, so innovation. They got it all over so you can see things. Because people are buying cars sight unseen. Now all the lots are empty. So.

Yeah. Bob says test drive an electric car and you'll never go back. I'm. That's why I haven't done it because I know I would lust after one and not be able to get.

I really like the environmental impact of it to not using.

I just. There's something about it that's just like. It's. You're not off the grid because you actually have to be on it to get power. But I mean there's something like you could. Like you're all solar. Like maybe you could rig up something where it could go.

I was going to say I would be off the grid still because I could charge. I don't know if.

I just think it's cool.

Yeah, yeah, I just think it's cool. But also it's good for the environment. Like we really need to move that way. So there was like 70, $800 incentive on that truck, depending I think on which model you Got and stuff, you know.

And I think this is coming. So why don't we harness wind with charged battery and have it moving? That's oh. Like having a propeller on the top of the thing. It probably kills too many birds or something.

But there's a huge. One of those big wind spiral things in Boston that's near all these buildings. But like outside of Boston, people complained about it and so now it's sitting there. The wind turbine sits there and it's not running, which makes me crazy.

So Mitch says Lisa gave me permission to get a Tesla, but I came home with a Volt that's five, probably a little bit cheaper. Yeah. So yeah. So an open space for innovation is how to fill the waiting time at the charging stations. A lot of service can be delivered and sold when waiting for the recharge. Yeah. Like if restaurants partner with that kind of stuff or, you know, I think it's greater. They're at the. That they're at hotels and convention centers. I like. I know when we were there at the San Diego Convention center, they had a couple of them right there right by the hotel. So. Yeah. So very, very cool.

I think California is definitely leading the way. I think the people are much more environmentally friendly there as far as having more electric cars.

So what's your dream car? Is it electric? So Peg said hers would be like an electric Audi, is what you said, right? Is that what you like? Maybe.

Probably.

You probably have. I mean, you have your dream car, your little convertible, right?

My convertible is fine. Yeah. It's good.

Yeah. So what are you guys dream car? I have.

I mean, my dream car is one where I put the key in and I turn it and it runs all the time. So that there's a lot of cars that fit my.

Right. Yes. So I, So I, I like. I said I would love to have the lightning because I miss my truck, but I kind of have. I have a Jeep and I have always. I used to ride motorcycles and the Jeep to me taking off the door and it got too dangerous for people texting and not seeing me while I was driving, driving the motorcycle. So the Jeep is the closest thing for me when I take it all off, the top off and the doors off and just. It's so much fun. So I really like my Jeep.

So Jeep lifestyle is different than a truck lifestyle.

It is. I mean it's. It's pretty like a motorcycle with Ford with, you know, seat belts. So I don't know. But I would love the lightning. I mean that would probably be if you know, if we ever had to get another one, I don't know.

Did you get it?

If I didn't have to wait for it and I could really have a truck. And the cool thing is even the towing is not bad. I mean you could tow an RV and be electric and off the grid. Oh my gosh. It's just so many, so many cool things that you could do.

Yeah but how much battery would that burn towing something?

But it does, they have it on the ads. They show it. So Ramon says mine would be a coal fired hockey. Oh yeah. So there you go. That's probably going backwards. Ramon. So but let's see. So. Oh, I haven't heard of this. David says Evo. Evo or technologies makes a amazing closed loop geothermal solution. Wow.

Geothermal. So the chemical company that I work with also has Germa geothermal heating for their, for their plant. They were they production plant. Geothermal. They have solar. They have geothermal. And something else that I can't remember off the top of my head. So that is taking the earth's heat and then using it to cooler heat.

Right.

The ground power. So.

So Mitch says Audi has a new electric. Looks very cool but it's very expensive. So Christmas is coming.

Rich, you know what, here's the thing with Audis. I always get a used one because I can never pull the trigger on a full price one. So I always get a used one.

Because I feel like Jonathan says he'd like electric chassis that can be modified with different body styles.

So you are like you would like our episode with Rich of rich rebuilds who likes to Frankenstein all kinds of vehicles, including Tesla.

Yeah. And his story is pretty amazing too. And his YouTube channel is amazing as well. So Bob says the lightning has amazing. I thought it did. Has amazing towing capacity. So.

Is Bob on the waiting list? I need to know.

Yeah. If not he should be because he's pretty excited about it. So let's see here some other ones. So Rivian trucks are doing good jobs for truck lovers. Yes. So I just think that, you know, I think this when it comes out, unless it bombs, I mean I just don't see it happening. And there's this waiting list and when you start seeing them on the road you're like oh my gosh, there's one of those. And having a big truck pull up to you and not make a sound that will be just bonkers and how fast it goes. And the Bob says he's not on the list. He's just, he's like me he's lusting after them.

He's a Dan. Yeah.

Yes. So I just think that when they come out, when people start seeing them, when they start seeing them at the campgrounds, at the work site, when they start. Are at the work site around here. Because there's white trucks in East Texas are just like. That's how we judge if a restaurant is good. We call it the bubba factor. Sorry if your name is Bubba, but if you go past it someplace at lunchtime and there's a bunch of white trucks or a bunch of trucks around it, and that's high bubba factor, and that means it's really good food. So that's how we judge restaurants around here. So anyway, I don't know how to. But anyway, everybody has trucks once it comes here and people start using it for their work and they can. They notice how much money they're saving and not paying gas and all this stuff. I think it's going to be pretty amazing. So.

But you still have to pay when you get an electric charge, right? When you go somewhere else.

Yeah. So I like the new VW camper. Oh, yeah. Coming out 2022. Okay. Yeah. So send us pictures when you get it, Mitch, because we'll see it. Yeah.

Are you gonna get like a custom one, Mitch? Are you gonna do like a peace fans kind of deal where you get it so you can. Or does it. Does it come with everything in it? Does a VW come with everything? I have to say, I was really sad that Volkswagen stopped making the punch buggies. Yeah, no more punch bugs. And those are cute. You know what? Car is super cute and I would not go smaller than what I have now, but there is a Mini Cooper that's a Countryman. And I saw somebody had a custom Countryman and the lights, the rear view lights or the little tail lights were actually the Union Jack symbol. And I was like that sharp. That was.

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We've had it in our back pocket. It's been so good that we saved it for the hundredth episode.

I know we have been. It's been hard to wait, but it's really good. And Bob, thank you so much for this. He says the QR code worked great and I'm subscribed. Well, thank you.

I will be so happy.

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