Hello! In this episode, we discuss the Ferrari Luce interior (feat. Squircle King Jony Ive), the (possible?) death of the Porsche 718 EV, and Victoria puts on her hammer-and-sickle hat to discuss why she thinks Waymo could be good, but probably won't be. We also shout out Thomas Sabula, the sole man at Ford more powerful than Jim Farley. Go off, king.
First bonus episode coming later this week for Patreon subscribers!!!
Referenced stories:
Jony Ive/Ferrari Luce Interior Teaser Pics @Jalopnik
Jony Ive/OpenAI iO concept design (I thought this concept rendering I saw floating around was the real thing - it's not; they've just vaguely gestured at the idea of a wearable. Jony, you could still surprise me by not using aluminum and glass in the final design. Bet you won't)
Porsche dropping the 718 EV? Who Knows!!!! @TheDrive
Porsche in the US market @Autoblog
EV sales falling in America in 2025 @TheDrive
Waymo hits child @SFGate
Robotaxis looooooove crashin' @Electrek
Apocryphal story of Musk's hatred of the color yellow in his factories @Intelligencer
Mitch McConnell's sister in law drowns in Tesla crash @BBC
Cruise disengagement statistic @CNBC
Waymo runs over cat in the Mission @axios
Waymo customer wealth @Forbes
Cruise false reports about pedestrian impacts @BayAreaNBC
My DDR bandanna drip @bsky
Source for cost estimates on Waymo compute stack @CBTNews
One Hundred Ten Billion Dollars @Reddit
Thomas Sabula Dudes Rock Moment @Road And Track
Our intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!