Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2024

Norway, and other Scandinavian nations were early adopters of EVs, and Germany and Japan have long been automotive powerhouses, their EV markets have lagged in mass market adoption compared to China. In 2022, new EV sales in China grew by 82%, and the country provided 35% of global EV exports. While the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

It outlined Tesla’s automotive strategy and it has been pretty much followed to the letter. The second installment moves Tesla beyond the traditional car market, with a plan to reconfigure our cities, energy systems, and our impact on the environment. The first installment had been written in 2006.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

In a group photograph, 30 CEOs with a combined market capitalization of $2.5 On Monday Uber said that it is selling its operation in China to a rival Chinese ride-sharing company whose CEO was in that foreshadowing photo. It is true that Kalanick consistently called China the most important market for Uber. counterparts tenfold.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2014

Designers and entrepreneurs have been experimenting with live prototyping — putting unfinished product ideas in the context of real markets and real customer situations — for years, and now bigger businesses have begun to catch on. Is quality essential in your market, or simply a nice-to-have. Might we tarnish our brand?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

General Motors, once the world’s largest car maker, has decided to stop selling vehicles in India by the end of 2017, since it considers its India operation to be not profitable. 1 — Consistent Leadership Over Time Matters in This Market. Unlike Bentley or Rolls-Royce, GM is a mass-market car company in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

He expects to operate it, perhaps daily, yet the chances are he possesses little or no mechanical knowledge. The required changes may surprise you and raise questions about effective selling in your market. High-end cars have over 100 million lines of software code, and mass-market cars aren’t far behind.

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