June 9, 2022· 47 min

Foxconn Has a Plan to Upend the Electric Vehicle Industry

Tim Culpan

Orality

Model

65%

Mixed oral/literate (blogs, casual essays)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,242 words)

M:28%

HostTracy Alloway(1,800 words)

M:94%

GuestTim Culpan(5,412 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic50%

literally, completely, obviously

Engagement52%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, like

Repetition100%

know (120x), like (112x), they (103x)

Parallelism87%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And that maybe if he wanted th..., But anyway, yes, Tesla....

Sound Patterns64%

59 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases6%

at the end of the day, you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging9%

may, might, quite

Passive Voice2%

was when, be addicted, be standardized

Abstract Nouns9%

investment, recommendation, business

Subordination8%

until, because, since

Sentence Length37%

Avg: 14.1 words/sentence

Word Complexity46%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style48%

478 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style100%

literally, completely, apply

Description

Most people think of Foxconn as the company that assembles iPhones. But it's a lot more than that. In fact the company really got started by manufacturing all of the tiny components and connectors for the PC industry around the world, long before the iPhone ever existed. Now it wants to go back to its roots, but instead of making parts for PCs, it wants to make all the key components for electric vehicles. The potential is massive, and if they get it right, it could be wildly profitable. On this episode of the podcast, we speak to Bloomberg Opinion's Tim Culpan (@tculpan on Twitter) who has followed the company for a long time. He explains how EVs fit into Foxconn's strategy, and how it plans to win in the space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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