Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Dimitris Psillakis - Cars and Culture Episode

For our 140th episode of Cars and Culture with Jason Stein, we are joined by Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Dimitris Psillakis. Topics of discussion include the learning curve when he became the CEO, Mercedes-Benz’s EV line up, how he feels the company needs to evolve, and much more!
00:00 - Intro
5:36 - Life in Atlanta vs. Greece
10:57 - The learning curve when he became Mercedes-Benz USA CEO
14:26 - The demographic change at Mercedes-Benz
17:55 - The Mercedes-Benz EV line up and the popularity of EVs
34:38 - What he would have done if he hadn’t worked at Mercedes-Benz
37:17 - How the company needs to evolve
46:15 - On Lewis Hamilton leaving the Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 team.
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As a long time MB owner i have some reservations with this interview. One, its milquetoast, no difficult questions, no getting to the heart of MB's problems, absolutely boring. Secondly, this fella is presiding over a company that is making very crappy vehicles. They are badly engineered making them drive like loud tin ashtrays that are outrageous to fix in terms of frequency and cost. The new EV's are priced where almost nobody can afford them and the use of horrible interior materials is laughable and sad. Charging speeds suck, range is sub par and no buttons and switches to control anything. My next car, i cant believe I'm saying this, will be chinese.