Waymos make bad neighbors (Changelog++ 🔐)

So what I’m bringing up is this idea that this – like, you had the Ford Bronco come back, and that was gas-based, not EV-based. But then you have this Scout Motors, which I had no idea about a Scout. So this is all new to me.

No. It’s not a Jeep?

I don’t even know, it’s not a Jeep.

It looks like a Jeep.

It’s not a Jeep, though.

Is it because Jeep’s just a brand?

Yes.

A manufacturer.

It’s got this nostalgia from back in the day…

It’s a square SUV… It looks like a Jeep Wrangler.

Yeah.

Okay.

It looks Bronco-ish too, right?

Yeah, yeah.

Wrangler-ish, Bronco-ish… It’s got this–

It’s a Scout.

…this older style to it.

Okay.

I’m not trying to harp on Scout necessarily, or Scout Motors, but this idea of… This take what was old and modernize it as an EV…

What if we take what’s old and make it new again?

Yeah. This idea.

And this is a metaphor for Rails? [laughs]

Sure… Sure… No, but I was just thinking, “Are you down with that?” Are you down with the idea of take the old school and make it new school, and it’s EV new school?

If it’s well-executed.

Yeah.

Because… Take the same exact concept to movies and I say “No”, unless it’s well-executed. Then I’ll say yes.

Then you’ll say yes.

Yeah, for sure.

What’s a good, well-executed, since we’re going to movies…

Didn’t we do this with – we tried to figure out when we had Emily Freeman and Justin on the show…

Right.

…a good remake, or a good reboot. And we decided that Blade Runner was pretty good, and that Dune –

Dune was good, yeah.

…was pretty good.

Dune’s kind of standalone, though. It’s a remake, but it’s not –

It’s a different version of the same story. They’re telling the same story though. It’s a reboot.

Yeah, it is a reboot.

Okay. So I’m not against the idea, I’m against the way it’s executed poorly. And so if Scout kills it, then I want one.

You want one.

I do want one. Here’s why I want an EV… I hate oil changes. [laughs] I hate the complication and the complexity of an internal combustion engine. I like the simplicity and the lack of maintenance on an EV. Now, what I don’t like about an EV is there’s one giant battery that just goes bad eventually, you know? Or blows up. But what I do like about it is I’m used to taking care of batteries… I feel like I can take care of a battery, better than I can take care of… Ice.

Yeah. I drive an F-250, as you know…

That’s a large internal combustion engine.

It’s a diesel engine. It’s even different than a gas engine.

Yeah, it’s diesel.

And it has the requirement of DEF fluid. Are you familiar with DEF fluid?

Say again?

DEF fluid?

I think I have some DEF fluid in my ear.

Hello? DEF? Are you making fun of [03:32] on this podcast?

No, I’m making fun of you.

Oh, okay. Gotcha. DEF. I think it stands for…

Oh, DEF Jam Records.

…Diesel Exhaust Fluid, I believe… DEF. Acronym.

I will believe you, because I have no way of checking it.

Me neither. I’m believing me as well. I’m not sure.

Anybody with a computer could prove that wrong…

Well, so it requires diesel… Some say diesel. Not diesel.

I say diesel.

Diesel. I say diesel, too.

Okay. Why did you call it diesel, then?

I’m cool with either, actually. I’m cool with diesel, or diesel.

Or Vin Diesel.

Oh, yeah. Vin Diesel…

I’m cool with either one of those.

I think he’s actually a diesel.

Yeah, he’s more of a diesel, I think.

He’s the example where it’s got to be a Z.

Yeah, I agree.

So my vehicle requires diesel, as well as DEF fluid…