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2010 Has Been A Pretty Good Year for Elon Musk

Next Level Blog

  When his company was just about to run out of cash, his engineers rigged a Smart car with Tesla batteries and he convinced the executives of Daimler Benz to license his technology.   Wonder what 2011 has in store for him? That's where Tesla is going to build battery powered family sedans. 

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Back to the Future: Sputnik to Today

Coaching Tip

That Fall when I went to the university, many of my fellow students choose to become engineers to meet this international threat. The Russians are in the process of nearly tripling the cost of using their Soyuz crew capsules for transport to the orbiting base, and other countries have little choice but to pay up. Why aren't U.S.

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Jodie Foster's Movie "Contact" - Too Far To Go

Building Personal Strength

Embedded in the signal are engineering plans for a huge, complex device to transport a human from Earth to Vega via a wormhole system. And if wormholes proved to be real, they wouldnt work for transportation. The math says that a theoretical wormhole would be unpredictable and unstable. Not in the least.

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Toyota's Recall Crisis: What Have We Learned?

Harvard Business Review

The National Highway Transportation Authority (NHTSA) , the government arm responsible for enforcing auto safety, came under attack for being too soft on Toyota. What did we learn on February 8, 2011 when the report came out? Ogden, of Toyota Under Fire (2011). Toyota's name was dragged through the mud for over a year, $1.5

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

oil production, up from a mere 10% just seven years ago in 2011. ” Long term, however, oil demand to operate cars is likely to decline as fuel efficiency for all manner of transportation increases, car ownership continues to fall, and electric and autonomous vehicles become more popular. The soaring U.S.

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Stop Saying Big Companies Can’t Innovate

Harvard Business Review

Pure Internet-plays Betterment and FutureAdvisor launched in 2010 and Wealthfront in 2011. The company’s 136-year journey has taken it from power through transportation, appliances, health care, finance, media, and industry leaps. billion in discretionary assets under management — more than the above competitors combined.

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Emerging Demographics Are the New Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

Per capita spending will be the engine of consumption growth. For example, people aged over 50 bought nearly two-thirds of the new cars sold in the United States in 2011. In the United States, these consumers will contribute more than 40% of consumption growth in housing, transport, and entertainment. There are surprises.