Total spin. No basis in reality. I know the person who got permission from Ford leadership to open and lead their Silicon Valley lab in 2012. They gave him f

Total spin. No basis in reality. I know the person who got permission from Ford leadership to open and lead their Silicon Valley lab in 2012. They gave him funding to select a building, and select furniture, but somehow neglected to authorize any meaningful hiring for over a year, except a few interns. He sat in a virtually empty office. When he finally left this situation behind, Ford didn't hire a new lab head for nearly a year after that. Press coverage for Ford's new presence in Silicon Valley continued unabated during this entire period. When you read these articles, you should picture very expensive office space in Palo Alto, sitting empty.