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" You build the hardware to run the
software to deliver the experience.
That's the path we're taking at Ford "
- including chip design.
with all the reliability and lifetime things. " Optimizing the system
and its costs and risks is the challenge, he said.
" You really need to know the details about the software, just
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what it needs in the computer. Then you know what chip or
chips to build. So, you build the hardware to run the software
to deliver the experience. That's the path we're taking at Ford, "
he said, including chip design.
During the global semiconductor supply crisis, Ford went to
its suppliers to understand their development paths. That move
" is already yielding significant gains and the suppliers want to
do a better job, " Bedichek said. " We're helping them write pieces
of software and it's good for their business. Sometimes it
takes a knock on the door until you can talk to the right people;
they're not used to having that conversation. "
Drake: EV industrialization veteran
" In some ways the most important people in this transformation
are the people that have
been here, who have built Ford,
know Ford and have been waiting
for his moment their entire
career. That's Lisa Drake, " Field
said. Drake heads Model-e's EV
Industrialization. A former COO
for North America and VP global
purchasing, she has held multiple
vehicle and systems engineering
management roles. Drake leads
Model e's procurement activities
and supplier technical assistance.
She " kind of got married into the
EV camp " when, as Super Duty
assistant chief, she was tapped to join Ford's nascent hybrid
development. " And once you get a little dose of EV in your
blood, it stays, " she quipped.
Drake credits Ford's EV battery suppliers LG and SK
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Innovation for being proactive in scaling along with the OEM
when Mach-e and F-150 Lightning launched. " We have suppliers
who have been with us for decades. So, when we call and
say 'we need times four' on Mach-e production, they're right
there with us. " Ford has its " sights set high " for scaling the
new Tennessee battery plant quickly.
" Picture [plant] technology at a clock speed of Dearborn
Truck. About 65 jobs an hour. It's going to be a very highscale,
high-tech manufacturing facility to take advantage of
everything this team is engineering, " Drake said.
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