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Remarks: Joe Biden Tours the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan - May 18, 2021
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Joe Biden Person
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Adrian Price Person
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Linda Zhang Person
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Kumar Galhotra Person
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Unidentified Person
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Liza Currie Person
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Ron May Person
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Jamal Mance Person
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Elise Dorsey-Holden Person
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Corey Williams Person
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Tom Moore Person
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Bill Ford Person
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:00:00-00:00:02 (2 sec)
"Hey, guys, how are you?"
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Corey Williams
Neutral
00:00:02-00:00:05 (3 sec)
"So, that's it right here, sir."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:00:05-00:00:06 (1 sec)
"Stand on my mark."
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Liza Currie
Neutral
00:00:06-00:00:07 (1 sec)
"How are you today, Mr. President?"
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Unidentified
Neutral
00:00:07-00:00:08 (1 sec)
"I'm green."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:00:08-00:00:10 (2 sec)
"Happy for seeing you all. How are you doing there?"
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Corey Williams
Neutral
00:00:10-00:00:11 (1 sec)
"How are you?"
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Jamal Mance
Neutral
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"How are you doing, Mr. President?"
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Joe Biden
Positive
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"Good to see you."
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Unidentified
Neutral
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"Don't let them cut it off."
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Jamal Mance
Neutral
00:00:14-00:00:16 (2 sec)
"This the team, Mr. President."
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Corey Williams
Neutral
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"This is Liza Currie and her team."
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Joe Biden
Positive
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"Good."
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Corey Williams
Neutral
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"And she's going to be the operations manager for this new building, the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:00:21-00:00:22 (1 sec)
"All right."
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Liza Currie
Neutral
00:00:22-00:00:23 (2 sec)
"It's so nice to meet you, sir."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:00:23-00:00:25 (2 sec)
"Good to see you. So, what do we got here?"
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Liza Currie
Neutral
00:00:25-00:00:42 (17 sec)
"So this is our glass cell. So, this is going to -- what's going to load our windshields and the back glasses to the unit. So, as you see as it comes around, it'll pick up the glass. This is where the operator would load the station. The robot will come in, pick up the glass after the urethane's already been applied."
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Liza Currie
Neutral
00:00:42-00:00:51 (9 sec)
"And then it'll take the uh glass in, apply the urethane and the sealer, and then it would load to the unit."
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Jamal Mance
Neutral
00:00:51-00:00:54 (3 sec)
"This one is for the back glass side, the other side is for the windshield."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:00:54-00:00:55 (1 sec)
"Gotcha."
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Jamal Mance
Neutral
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"So, the truck will travel right down the center."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:00:59-00:00:59 (1 sec)
"I gotcha."
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Jamal Mance
Neutral
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"Between the two."
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
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"Yeah."
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Jamal Mance
Neutral
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"This one puts it in in the back, that one puts it on the front."
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Joe Biden
Somewhat Negative
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"I'll be damned."
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Liza Currie
Slightly Positive
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"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
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"I've seen it."
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Jamal Mance
Neutral
00:01:08-00:01:19 (11 sec)
"This is where the operator would, uh -- he'd do the picking of the glass, which, uh -- depending on which level glass he would need. Put a primer on it and he would pick it up, put it right there."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:01:19-00:01:30 (11 sec)
"All right. You know, you guys don't know this, but Delaware, the state of Delaware had the highest percentage of autoworkers in the nation."
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Bill Ford
Neutral
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"Oh, really?"
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:01:31-00:01:47 (16 sec)
"Because we're so small a workforce, we had the largest GM plant in the country, the largest Chrysler plant, it used to be a tank plant, and then Mopar and -- anyway, the total of 34,000 --"
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Bill Ford
Very Positive
00:01:47-00:01:47 ( sec)
"Wow."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:01:47-00:01:50 (3 sec)
"UAW members out of the workforce real estate."
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Bill Ford
Neutral
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"Right."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
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"Of only about 410,000 people. None of it. We don't have any of it left anymore."
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Bill Ford
Slightly Positive
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"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:01:57-00:02:06 (10 sec)
"But, uh, anyways, I spent a lot of time in the auto plant. That's how I thought it was going to get me. And by the way, I got through. My dad ran automobile dealerships."
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Liza Currie
Neutral
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"Really?"
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
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"I got through on cars. Lots of them. It's pretty cool."
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Liza Currie
Very Positive
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"Pretty cool. So, we have lots of new technologies coming up. That's just kind of a simulation. I will show you what we're going to be doing here over at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center. Pretty exciting stuff, right?"
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:02:23-00:02:26 (2 sec)
"Thank you. Thanks for what you're doing."
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Corey Williams
Neutral
00:02:26-00:02:27 (1 sec)
"That's a windshield."
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Tom Moore
Very Positive
00:02:27-00:02:27 (1 sec)
"You're more than welcome. Thank you."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:02:27-00:02:33 (5 sec)
"We're at an inflection point in America. You guys are the ones that are going to save it. For real."
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Liza Currie
Slightly Positive
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"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Leans Negative
00:02:33-00:02:40 (7 sec)
"We used to be engaged in more research and development than any country in the world. Now, we're No. 8. China's No. 1."
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Tom Moore
Neutral
00:02:40-00:02:40 ( sec)
"Right."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
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"We've got to beat this up. They'll eat our lunch again, right?"
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Tom Moore
Neutral
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"Right."
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Liza Currie
Neutral
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"That's it."
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Joe Biden
Somewhat Positive
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"Thank you, guys."
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Liza Currie
Somewhat Positive
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"Thank you."
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Tom Moore
Somewhat Positive
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"Thank you."
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Jamal Mance
Very Positive
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"Thank you very much. Have a great day."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
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"See you, boss."
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Liza Currie
Neutral
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"I'm the boss."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:02:56-00:02:56 ( sec)
"All right."
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Tom Moore
Positive
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"Have a good visit."
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Joe Biden
Positive
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"Thanks, guys."
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Tom Moore
Positive
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"Have a good visit."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
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"Thank you. Thank you."
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Corey Williams
Neutral
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"Mr. President, we're going to go to the next stage, and we're going to show you some of the --"
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:03:05-00:03:08 (4 sec)
"Guys I grew up with that works at auto plants."
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Corey Williams
Neutral
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"Mr. President, you just stand there. And now, I want to introduce Kumar Galhotra, who is our president --"
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:03:14-00:03:16 (2 sec)
"We're old buddies. We met one of them a moment ago."
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Corey Williams
Neutral
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"We're merging."
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Kumar Galhotra
Positive
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"Good afternoon."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
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"Hey, buddy, how are you?"
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Unidentified
Positive
00:03:19-00:03:20 (1 sec)
"Good. You focus on her team."
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
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"OK."
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Kumar Galhotra
Very Positive
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"So, Mr. President, we're electrifying our most iconic vehicles. Vehicles like our Mustang, uh, the Transit, the F-150, which we're going to build right here. But to total transition from internal combustion to battery-electric, it's going to take more than just vehicles. Uh, for example, our dealers need to be ready for the new technology."
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Kumar Galhotra
Positive
00:03:37-00:03:59 (22 sec)
"Uh, happy to say 2,300 of our dealers are already fully recertified, and we're growing that number. Secondly, the charging infrastructure needs to be there as the volumes grow. So, we've put together one of the largest charging infrastructures in the country. Uh, about 60,000 plugs, but that's not enough."
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Kumar Galhotra
Neutral
00:03:59-00:04:07 (7 sec)
"So, we as an industry and as a country need to invest a lot more, uh, to grow that number as the volumes grow."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:04:07-00:04:27 (21 sec)
"Well, one of the things I have in my job's plan is 550,000 charging stations, along our highways that the federal government will put in. Because the truth of the matter is, it's the thing that's going to jumpstart -- we're at an inflection point in America. We're either going to move and take over this area, or we're going to be left behind."
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Kumar Galhotra
Neutral
00:04:27-00:04:28 (1 sec)
"Absolutely."
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Joe Biden
Very Negative
00:04:28-00:04:56 (28 sec)
"And, uh, you know, it's a little bit like my grandfather. I -- I -- he died when I was six months old. My grandfather used to work for American Oil Company. His job was to go back in the -- in the '30s, he even worked for Mr. Blaustein. And he used to go from place to place opening up gas stations because no one wanted to have a -- all this, all this gasoline and tanks underneath the ground in their neighborhoods."
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Joe Biden
Leans Positive
00:04:56-00:05:19 (23 sec)
"And that's what his job was to open up gas stations. That's how we got to Scranton and Wilmington. And, uh, it's the same basic principle. We got to, you know, you ought to be able to go -- and even though these batteries are increasing significantly the distance you can go, the power they possess, the size, the weight, it's still going to take -- you should be able to get in a car, electric vehicle, and drive across the country without having to worry."
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Kumar Galhotra
Slightly Positive
00:05:19-00:05:36 (16 sec)
"Precisely. That's -- that's -- that's where we need to go. And speaking of batteries, you know, we've been doing this for a long time. We did our first hybrid electric in 2004. You know, the battery that was in there, you'll see behind you, the top of that big, black box? It was --"
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:05:36-00:05:36 (1 sec)
"Yep."
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Kumar Galhotra
Neutral
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"Big, it was bulky, it was expensive."
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Unidentified
Neutral
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"Check out the whole car."
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Kumar Galhotra
Neutral
00:05:40-00:05:46 (6 sec)
"Um. And what you'll see here, Mr. President, are the -- the next generations, the second, third, and the fourth."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:05:46-00:05:50 (5 sec)
"I'm -- I'm not supposed to leave my spot, but do you mind?"
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Kumar Galhotra
Neutral
00:05:50-00:06:09 (19 sec)
"And as you can tell, they're getting lighter, they're getting, uh, smaller, they're even getting less expensive. But still, the -- the -- a battery electric's propulsion system is substantially more expensive than an internal -- internal combustion system. So, for example, that battery was 200 pounds, this one is now 60 pounds."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:06:09-00:06:13 (4 sec)
"Now, is that the totality of the battery? You're going to --"
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Kumar Galhotra
Neutral
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"I'm sorry?"
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:06:14-00:06:15 (1 sec)
"Is this -- is this it?"
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Kumar Galhotra
Slightly Negative
00:06:15-00:06:24 (10 sec)
"No. This is for our hybrid vehicle, Explorer, and the F-150 hybrid. You will see down there for the -- the big battery electric for F-150, that's much bigger than this one."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:06:24-00:06:27 (3 sec)
"OK. Because that's what I was going to say. You've really -- you surprised me."
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Kumar Galhotra
Neutral
00:06:27-00:06:28 (1 sec)
"Yeah. No. But this is --"
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:06:28-00:06:33 (6 sec)
"I mean, this, uh -- I've learned something brand new. I thought I knew it all, isn't it? Oh, that's amazing."
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Kumar Galhotra
Very Positive
00:06:33-00:06:35 (2 sec)
"But it's amazing how far we've come from that -- to that --"
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:06:35-00:06:37 (2 sec)
"Oh, yeah. No, no, it's outstanding."
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Kumar Galhotra
Neutral
00:06:37-00:06:38 (1 sec)
"And it, uh -- so --"
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:06:38-00:06:39 (1 sec)
"It's absolutely astounding."
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Kumar Galhotra
Very Positive
00:06:39-00:06:56 (17 sec)
"We're investing a lot in, you know, making the batteries cheaper, making them more dense in energy. And the batteries turn, then the motors, and the -- the transaxles. My friend Elise here works at our Van-Dyke plant. We're building those right here in Michigan at our Van-Dyke plant. And um, I'm going to hand it to her, so she can --"
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:06:56-00:07:16 (20 sec)
"By the way, you buy one of these vehicles [Inaudible] trust, you can run all electricity in your house. You think I'm kidding. Your apartment -- you can actually hook it up to your apartment. You know, right now, you hook it and you -- you plug into -- if you have an electric vehicle or a hybrid, you plug into -- down in your garage an outlet."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:07:16-00:07:18 (2 sec)
"And you're going to be plugging in the other way."
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Kumar Galhotra
Neutral
00:07:18-00:07:19 (1 sec)
"That -- that's absolutely correct."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:07:19-00:07:20 (1 sec)
"It's really astounding."
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Kumar Galhotra
Neutral
00:07:20-00:07:21 (1 sec)
"We're going to do that with our F-150."
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Elise Dorsey-Holden
Neutral
00:07:21-00:07:21 ( sec)
"Hi."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:07:21-00:07:24 (3 sec)
"I'm sorry."
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Elise Dorsey-Holden
Neutral
00:07:24-00:07:28 (4 sec)
"Hi, Mr. President. This is, um, the rotor, the ED-40 rotor."
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Joe Biden
Negative
00:07:28-00:07:30 (2 sec)
"Sorry, I'm having trouble hearing you. Yup."
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Elise Dorsey-Holden
Neutral
00:07:30-00:07:44 (14 sec)
"And this is the ED-40 stater, which this rotor is placed in machine -- the machine and assemble this. And the stater. And this is placed inside the E-Trans."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:07:44-00:07:45 (1 sec)
"Yup."
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Elise Dorsey-Holden
Very Positive
00:07:45-00:07:57 (13 sec)
"And the people at Ford Van-Dyke are very excited and fortunate to have the opportunity to build this product for the American people. And Ron Mays is going to explain how the E-Trans is assembled."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:07:57-00:08:02 (5 sec)
"These jobs, jobs, union jobs."
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Elise Dorsey-Holden
Positive
00:08:02-00:08:03 (1 sec)
"Yes."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:08:03-00:08:04 (2 sec)
"Because remember the word union."
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Elise Dorsey-Holden
Positive
00:08:04-00:08:05 ( sec)
"Yes."
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Ron May
Positive
00:08:05-00:08:06 (1 sec)
"Good afternoon, Mr. --"
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:08:06-00:08:07 (1 sec)
"How are you, man?"
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Ron May
Positive
00:08:07-00:08:34 (27 sec)
"Good afternoon, Mr. President. I am in charge as far as assembling the e-motor transmission, which, on your front half, is your gearbox; the middle is your housing; and with your end cap, ISO brain of the whole situation. This is your primary, uh, drive unit, which is sit in the front of the vehicle. This has your parking brake assembly on it, which -- other things also. [Crosstalk]"
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:08:34-00:08:38 (4 sec)
"There you go, man. The idea to have something this small."
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Unidentified
Slightly Positive
00:08:38-00:08:41 (2 sec)
"Yeah. It's incredible."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:08:41-00:08:41 (1 sec)
"It's astounding."
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Ron May
Positive
00:08:41-00:08:42 (1 sec)
"It's -- it's pretty incredible."
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Joe Biden
Somewhat Positive
00:08:42-00:08:46 (4 sec)
"I'll tell you. Thank you."
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Ron May
Very Positive
00:08:46-00:08:53 (7 sec)
"We at UAW 2280 are very honored and proud to be a part of it, Semper Fi, Mr. President."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:08:53-00:08:55 (2 sec)
"Not only Semper Fi, but I'm a union president."
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Ron May
Very Positive
00:08:55-00:08:58 (2 sec)
"Very well. Thank you, sir."
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Joe Biden
Somewhat Positive
00:08:58-00:09:00 (2 sec)
"Make no bones about it. Well, thank you."
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Elise Dorsey-Holden
Somewhat Positive
00:09:00-00:09:00 (1 sec)
"Thank you."
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Unidentified
Neutral
00:09:00-00:09:04 (4 sec)
"Mr. President, we're going to go down this way --"
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:09:04-00:09:05 (1 sec)
"All right."
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Unidentified
Somewhat Positive
00:09:05-00:09:06 (1 sec)
"And look at some really cool stuff."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:09:06-00:09:08 (2 sec)
"Hey, fellas. How are you?"
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Unidentified
Very Positive
00:09:08-00:09:09 (2 sec)
"Good. How are you? How are you doing?"
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Unidentified
Neutral
00:09:09-00:09:12 (3 sec)
"Mr. President, you're over there. I'm going to [Inaudible]."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:09:12-00:09:16 (4 sec)
"Yeah. I got to -- I got to stand -- if I say anything, you know, like let me know right away, will you?"
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Unidentified
Positive
00:09:16-00:09:16 ( sec)
"Yes, sir."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:09:16-00:09:19 (3 sec)
"Let me know ahead of time. Hi."
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Unidentified
Neutral
00:09:19-00:09:20 (1 sec)
"Adrian Price --"
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:09:20-00:09:22 (2 sec)
"You can smile. It's OK."
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Unidentified
Slightly Positive
00:09:22-00:09:32 (10 sec)
"And the team. And Adrian is the director of Advanced Manufacturing. And he's going to talk about some of the -- the next gen in manufacturing, what's going to take us to the next 100 years in Ford Motor Company."
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:09:32-00:09:33 (1 sec)
"OK."
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Adrian Price
Positive
00:09:33-00:09:34 (1 sec)
"So, good afternoon, Mr. President."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:09:34-00:09:35 (1 sec)
"Good afternoon."
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Adrian Price
Very Positive
00:09:35-00:09:52 (18 sec)
"Really good to have your here in our rep center, where we're going to be building the, uh, the future of electrified trucks in, uh -- here in the U.S. And as you know, we have a, uh, tremendous workforce here at Ford, uh, bigger than any other -- in the -- in the U.S. in terms of, uh, UAW. And we want to talk a little bit about the future of work."
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Adrian Price
Positive
00:09:52-00:10:11 (19 sec)
"And for us, the future of work is -- is actually people and technology working together in harmony. And so you probably saw as you walked past there, our scanning robot that's used by the engineering team to map out the entire facility, and we design everything online in digital before we actually, uh, start to build the building."
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Adrian Price
Neutral
00:10:11-00:10:16 (4 sec)
"And then, you probably saw here as you came past our two, uh, big AGVs."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:10:16-00:10:16 (1 sec)
"Yup."
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Adrian Price
Positive
00:10:16-00:10:30 (14 sec)
"Uh, those we use for, uh, moving the bodies around the plant, and again, they work together with our team here, uh, to help them facilitate the builds, and we can actually adjust the height ergonomically for different people in the workstations. So it's, uh, matching the -- the job to --"
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:10:30-00:10:31 ( sec)
"Yeah."
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Adrian Price
Neutral
00:10:31-00:10:48 (17 sec)
"The people, so that, um, we can make the most out of it. And then, we're also launching a series of new technologies, including some gamification technology that we use actually just to focus on the issues for the team, so they're not bombarded with the -- uh, with issues and items, but they can focus on getting their job done."
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Adrian Price
Neutral
00:10:48-00:10:54 (6 sec)
"And then, lastly, right behind you here, we have, uh, one of the largest cobots in the world."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:10:54-00:10:54 ( sec)
"Yup."
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Adrian Price
Neutral
00:10:54-00:11:06 (12 sec)
"And that's a collaborative robot that works together with people so people can work, uh, right next to it. And, uh, Penny here, who's the team leader for, uh, this area is going to show you with one of our baby cobots --"
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:11:06-00:11:07 ( sec)
"OK."
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Adrian Price
Neutral
00:11:07-00:11:12 (5 sec)
"Uh, how she can work together, uh, collaboratively with the, uh, with the robot."
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:11:12-00:11:12 (1 sec)
"OK."
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Adrian Price
Slightly Positive
00:11:12-00:11:46 (34 sec)
"So, instead of it being in a guarded area, as soon as it touches Penny, it will stop, and then it will restart its job. And so she can actually stand right next to it. So, once we start the lineup here, Penny will actually be working with this giant cobot behind you as she, uh, works on the, uh -- uh -- um, works with this robot that's actually measuring, uh, the onboard scale system that we have in the, uh, all-new F-150, uh, that enables us to indicate to, uh, the customer how full their bed is, uh, with whatever they're hauling or shipping around the country, and to be able to do that safely."
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Adrian Price
Very Positive
00:11:46-00:11:56 (10 sec)
"So that's something that we're using, uh, from a technology standpoint to help us, um, and again, like collaboratively, people and, uh, and technology working together for the future."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:11:56-00:12:02 (6 sec)
"Is there a training program that e -- each employee will be going through before, and get to before --"
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Adrian Price
Very Positive
00:12:02-00:12:03 (1 sec)
"Yeah. Yeah."
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Unidentified
Slightly Positive
00:12:03-00:12:10 (7 sec)
"Yes. Very extensive training because it's a big transition, but it's also, um, much simpler work."
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Joe Biden
Leans Positive
00:12:10-00:12:16 (6 sec)
"Yeah. It is, but I mean, how -- is there a -- a time frame for that? Do you have to go --"
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Adrian Price
Slightly Positive
00:12:16-00:12:28 (12 sec)
"Yeah. As we -- as we prepare for launch, we have a technical training center that we have in partnership with the UAW, and so our employees go through that, and then they get individual on-the-job training associated with the area that they're operating."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:12:28-00:12:28 (1 sec)
"Gotcha."
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Adrian Price
Neutral
00:12:28-00:12:49 (20 sec)
"So, uh, our -- our team here, uh, are all going to be team leaders operating in the plant, um, and working with this technology. And in fact, they're actually the experts. They know more about any of this stuff than, uh, the rest of the engineering team. So oftentimes, uh, Penny spends a lot of time answering questions for people and -- and actually managing the process."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:12:49-00:13:17 (29 sec)
"Well, thank you. You know, we're at a real inflection point. And everyone just comes along every 75 to 100 years, and you are the point of that arrow, of us being able to be just a giant. You talk about how many jobs here, but the way we're really going to increase jobs beyond what you're doing here -- I know, I get a lot of your friends say, "What about the transmission plant?"
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:13:17-00:13:35 (18 sec)
"They're not going to have one now. What about this? What about that?" But we got to take over the world market. That's what this is about, being the best in the world and be -- exporting these. That's what we can do if we focus. Anyway, thank you for what you know and what you do. Appreciate it."
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Adrian Price
Very Positive
00:13:35-00:13:37 (2 sec)
"Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:13:37-00:13:38 (1 sec)
"The whole union."
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Adrian Price
Neutral
00:13:38-00:13:39 (1 sec)
"Uh-huh."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:13:39-00:13:41 (3 sec)
"OK. All right."
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Unidentified
Very Positive
00:13:41-00:13:44 (3 sec)
"Thanks. Thanks, guys."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:13:44-00:13:45 (1 sec)
"Which way am I heading?"
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Unidentified
Neutral
00:13:45-00:13:51 (5 sec)
"We're going to go this way, Mr. President."
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:13:51-00:13:52 (1 sec)
"OK."
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Unidentified
Neutral
00:13:52-00:13:55 (3 sec)
"I want to introduce you to our chief program engineer --"
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Unidentified
Neutral
00:13:55-00:14:00 (5 sec)
"If you can get right back here, sir."
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:14:00-00:14:01 (2 sec)
"OK."
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Unidentified
Neutral
00:14:01-00:14:03 (2 sec)
"Linda Zhang."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:14:03-00:14:05 (2 sec)
"Hi, Linda. How are you?"
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Unidentified
Slightly Positive
00:14:05-00:14:09 (4 sec)
"So this is a part of her creation, so -- and the team."
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Linda Zhang
Neutral
00:14:09-00:14:10 (1 sec)
"Hi, Mr. President."
181
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:14:10-00:14:11 (1 sec)
"How are you?"
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Linda Zhang
Positive
00:14:11-00:14:12 (1 sec)
"Thanks for joining us."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:14:12-00:14:13 (1 sec)
"I'm over here."
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Linda Zhang
Positive
00:14:13-00:14:37 (24 sec)
"I'm Linda Zhang. I'm the -- I'm the chief engineer of this product. And, um, here at Ford, with nearly a century of truck know-how, uh, we know that reliability and durability are really important for our customers. So when we went to create this all-electric F150, we knew that we need -- we had to put it through the same engineering and testing, uh, testing regimen as all of our F-series trucks."
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Linda Zhang
Leans Negative
00:14:37-00:15:02 (25 sec)
"So, behind you here, we've got videos of our all-electric truck going through some tough testing here in Michigan. Also, we do this around the country, um, whether it's up high grades, towing a trailer, or, um, here, going through different terrains here in Michigan. But a lot of this actually starts with the engineering."
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Linda Zhang
Very Positive
00:15:02-00:15:27 (25 sec)
"So what we have in front of you here is our under-body skateboard. This has been purposefully built for our F150 Lightning to ensure that it can sustain the load of the weight of the vehicle with the added batteries. Um, this frame is an all-new frame with the strongest steel that we've ever used in any F150, and this battery that's in front of you is the biggest battery that we have used in any Ford vehicles."
187
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:15:27-00:15:29 (2 sec)
"What's the weight of the battery? Have any idea?"
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Linda Zhang
Neutral
00:15:29-00:15:36 (7 sec)
"The weight of the battery is, um, 1,800 pounds, is, uh, over 1,800 pounds."
189
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:15:36-00:15:39 (3 sec)
"Over hundred -- 800 pounds?"
190
Linda Zhang
Neutral
00:15:39-00:15:40 (1 sec)
"1,800."
191
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:15:40-00:15:42 (2 sec)
"1,800 pounds. Did you hear that?"
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Linda Zhang
Neutral
00:15:42-00:15:44 (1 sec)
"So --"
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:15:44-00:15:46 (2 sec)
"I got the center of gravity here."
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Linda Zhang
Somewhat Positive
00:15:46-00:16:19 (33 sec)
"Yes, low center of gravity, which helps with the ride and handling. And this battery not only helps with the drive for the vehicle to ensure that our customers can drive, haul, and, uh, tow, but also, we've been able to leverage this battery to provide additional tools for our customers. So what you see here is actually a home, and what this battery's able to do is be a backup power generator in came -- in case of power outages with the home, sustaining the home for multiple days."
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Linda Zhang
Very Positive
00:16:19-00:16:47 (28 sec)
"Um, also, on the go, if, uh, our customers are looking for power, we've got pro power on board, which is able to help our customers power up a tailgate, power up a campsite, or work at a job site. Again, ensuring that they can get the job done. The other thing that we're very proud of here is that, um, this vehicle is built in America here, right here at the, uh, Rouge Electric Vehicle Factory."
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Linda Zhang
Slightly Positive
00:16:47-00:16:59 (12 sec)
"But not only that, a lot of our commodities are here as well. So this frame that I mentioned is down from Kentucky. It comes here from there. Our battery, um, the, um, it's out of Georgia and then --"
197
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:16:59-00:17:00 ( sec)
"I know."
198
Linda Zhang
Slightly Positive
00:17:00-00:17:02 (2 sec)
"Assembled here as well."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:17:02-00:17:04 (2 sec)
"And what we'll do with that one?"
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Linda Zhang
Very Positive
00:17:04-00:17:17 (13 sec)
"And then even our motors, they're not only designed in-house, um, here at Ford but also produced just up the street at Van Dyke, uh, plant. So a lot of really great, uh, manufacturing here."
201
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:17:17-00:17:20 (3 sec)
"Have you had to change the tires?"
202
Linda Zhang
Positive
00:17:20-00:17:33 (13 sec)
"Yes. We did have to change the tires and the wheels for the weight of the battery. And the tires, um, we have several options, but one of them is providing lower resistance so that you can, um, uh, get better range."
203
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:17:33-00:17:41 (8 sec)
"Fascinating. I was down at that plant down in, uh, in Georgia."
204
Unidentified
Slightly Positive
00:17:41-00:17:41 ( sec)
"Yep."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:17:41-00:17:47 (6 sec)
"And, uh, this battery doesn't look much smaller, any smaller than the one they're putting in the buses down there."
206
Linda Zhang
Neutral
00:17:47-00:17:50 (3 sec)
"It's a very large battery. It's basically two, two --"
207
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:17:50-00:17:54 (4 sec)
"Yeah, I know. I -- I know it is. But it's amazing if you --"
208
Linda Zhang
Slightly Positive
00:17:54-00:17:55 (1 sec)
"Yeah."
209
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:17:55-00:18:07 (12 sec)
"If you see it. And, uh, you know, what we're trying to do also is they're going to have mostly every school bus in America will be electric because -- let's just take the methane out of the air and a whole range of other things. But it's impressive."
210
Unidentified
Slightly Positive
00:18:07-00:18:07 ( sec)
"Yeah."
211
Linda Zhang
Slightly Positive
00:18:07-00:18:07 ( sec)
"Yeah."
212
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:18:07-00:18:08 (1 sec)
"Impressive."
213
Linda Zhang
Somewhat Positive
00:18:08-00:18:09 (1 sec)
"Thank you."
214
Unidentified
Positive
00:18:09-00:18:09 (1 sec)
"Thanks."
215
Joe Biden
Somewhat Positive
00:18:09-00:18:10 (1 sec)
"Thank you."
216
Linda Zhang
Slightly Positive
00:18:10-00:18:10 ( sec)
"Yeah."
217
Unidentified
Neutral
00:18:10-00:18:13 (2 sec)
"So, Mr. President, we're going to take you --"
218
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:18:13-00:18:13 (1 sec)
"And one more question."
219
Linda Zhang
Very Positive
00:18:13-00:18:14 ( sec)
"Yeah, sure."
220
Joe Biden
Somewhat Positive
00:18:14-00:18:16 (2 sec)
"Have you had to increase the length of the frame?"
221
Linda Zhang
Neutral
00:18:16-00:18:18 (2 sec)
"The length of the frame is about the same."
222
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:18:18-00:18:19 ( sec)
"Same."
223
Linda Zhang
Neutral
00:18:19-00:18:20 (2 sec)
"The length of the vehicle is about the same."
224
Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:18:20-00:18:21 ( sec)
"Yeah."
225
Linda Zhang
Very Positive
00:18:21-00:18:25 (4 sec)
"And it's a 145 wheelbase, our most popular one with the crew cab. Super crew cab --"
226
Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:18:25-00:18:25 ( sec)
"Yeah."
227
Linda Zhang
Slightly Positive
00:18:25-00:18:32 (6 sec)
"For five passengers, as well as a full, uh, pickup box, five and a half foot box."
228
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:18:32-00:18:33 (1 sec)
"Yeah. OK. Well, thank you."
229
Linda Zhang
Very Positive
00:18:33-00:18:34 (1 sec)
"You're very welcome."
230
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:18:34-00:18:37 (3 sec)
"Thank you, thank you, thank you. Which way am I going?"
231
Unidentified
Neutral
00:18:37-00:18:39 (2 sec)
"We're going right over here."
232
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:18:39-00:18:39 (1 sec)
"Going this way?"
233
Unidentified
Slightly Positive
00:18:39-00:18:40 (1 sec)
"Yeah. You can come around this way."
234
Unidentified
Neutral
00:18:40-00:18:43 (3 sec)
"So, Mr. President, we're going to show you, um --"
235
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:18:43-00:18:47 (4 sec)
"That's the other question I wanted to ask you."
236
Unidentified
Neutral
00:18:47-00:18:48 ( sec)
"Linda?"
237
Linda Zhang
Positive
00:18:48-00:18:48 ( sec)
"Yes."
238
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:18:48-00:18:56 (8 sec)
"I often get asked the question when I'm pumping my electric vehicles. What about exposure to water -- the electric vehicle?"
239
Linda Zhang
Positive
00:18:56-00:18:59 (3 sec)
"Yes. So -- "
240