We sit down with Sandy Munro, the Founder of Munro & Associates. They specialize in reverse engineering, benchmarking and supply chain management. We discussed his background starting with his time at Ford to why he began Munro & Associates and the current state of Electric Vehicles. Sandy’s new youtube channel (Munro Live) focuses on taking a part just about anything (including Teslas) and how to improve the manufacturing process. In today’s episode we discuss the future of U.S. manufacturing, the current state of Electric vehicle manufacturing, how Tesla is standing out in the automotive space and where the automotive industry is headed. 

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Interview Sections
0:00 Intro
0:55 Sandy's Background
6:43 US Manufacturing & improving education for a career path 
19:15 Electric vehicle supply chain abroad: Perceptions & Quality 
32:10 Misperceptions about electric Vehicle technology
39:33 How Tesla's impact on the automotive market
44:45 Tesla's use of castings announced on Battery Day
52:57 Tesla Vs other EV manufacturers
1:02:00 Three-wheeled EVs
1:07:08 Barriers to EV adoption and Tesla's affordability
1:11:40 Electric pickup trucks and market penetration
1:18:51 Emerging EV technologies
1:24:32 Ways government can incentivize EV technology
1:26:58 Sandy’s YouTube Channel Announcement
1:31:56 Outro