Easy, all you have to do is start a company in a very competitive market with high barriers to entry, then have annual revenue of $25B, Easy!
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Traditionally, CEOs have extremely high base salaries and bonuses that are completely separate from performance-based bonuses. We’re talking millions a year even if the company's going straight into the toilet, not to mention the inevitable “severance package” in the event that they screw up badly enough to be fired.…
I think the majority of Europeans can still drive stick. In the US, I find that most people under 45 cannot.
Every time I read about Tesla’s successes on Jalopnik I think back to 10 years ago when all the editors called them vaporware.
The thing is, semi trucks driving over 500 miles makes up only 5% of the truck market.
My forewarning is that it is unwise to downplay the average stupidity of the American voter. So until its actually election day don’t assume the man won’t get a second term. Get every single person you know to vote. Because last time we all thought there was no way he would win. So let’s not repeat 2016. No time to be…
Neutral: Electric for consumers, and hydrogen for commercial and industrial needs. Electric cars are getting better with range, charging speeds, and charge points, so it will eventually serve the needs of the average driver, but for long distance trucking and shipping, the energy density of a battery may never reach…
Toyota confuses the hell out of me in that regard. The Prius came out in around 1997. My Father in law, who was a engineer at an aerospace company bought one of the first generation of Prius when they came to the US. Totally different looking car compared to what it later turned into. It was TINY and looked more like…
3rd Gear: “The Rhodium study casts the problem in economic terms, finding that each ton of avoided CO₂ cost the economy between $3,200 to $5,400.”
Hydrogen keeps being the fuel of the future while EVs get better and better every day.
It seems like every time range increase, people move the goalposts. Range = 100 miles per charge, people say “EVs won’t succeed until they can go 200 miles per charge.” Range = 200 miles, people say “EVs won’t succeed until they can go 300 miles per charge.” Range = 300 miles, people say “EVs won’t succeed until they…
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Right - because Guy has never delivered on anything he’s promised. He may be ambitious (to be generous) with his goals, but he succeeds on a lot of his goals.
Ok, a non-joke take.
“The path to winning” is chock full of IEDs for these guys.
How many large items are you buying on a regular basis?
Tangent story: got rear ended by a Super Duty at somewhat lower speed, I’d call it a fender bender but ended up with $4K of damage on my Highlander because that pickup is so damn high and took out my hatch, and those rings in the front bumper tore through my bumper and into my hitch and created all sorts of damage…
It is NOT about the cars people. It is about building the infrastructure to make electric cars possible. If I was any other automaker looking into electric the first call would be to Tesla to see if I could use the super charging network. It is a game changer and validates the electric car concept. Other brands make…