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Alan Clark

Alan Clark

Author and former Minister for Defence Procurement of United Kingdom

Aug 26, 2026

5:58
So just so the audience understands, what is this Skunk Works and how is that different from how you would be developing a super duty truck in Dearborn or something?
6:08
Sure.
6:08
Yeah.
6:09
So about four and a half years ago, the leadership of Ford decided that in order to compete in affordable EVs, it made sense to start up an entirely new part of the corporation and to really create it like a small startup instead of like a large company.
6:27
So where Ford is really good at is.
6:30
industrializing products that are incremental.
6:33
They're slightly different from the last version with new feature content, more optimization.

6 MINS LATER

12:56
But it's very different this time around.

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