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Higgins, Tim (Journalist).
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Musk, Elon.
Tesla Motors.
Electric vehicle industry -- United States.
Alternative fuel vehicle industry -- United States.
Automobile industry and trade -- United States.
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Higgins, Tim (Journalist).
Musk, Elon.
Tesla Motors.
Electric vehicle industry -- United States.
Alternative fuel vehicle industry -- United States.
Automobile industry and trade -- United States.
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Power play : Tesla, Elon Musk, and the bet of the century / Tim Higgins.
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Higgins, Tim (Journalist).
Random House Large Print, 2021.
Call #:
LP
338
.76292
H636p
Subjects
Musk, Elon.
Tesla Motors.
Electric vehicle industry -- United States.
Alternative fuel vehicle industry -- United States.
Automobile industry and trade -- United States.
ISBN:
9780593414309 (large print pbk.)
Alternate title:
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the bet of the century
Edition:
1st large print ed.
Description:
xxii, 628 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the perfect car Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some he's a genius and a visionary; to others he's a mercurial con artist. Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets; his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids. But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel, his most audacious vision is the one closest to the ground: the electric car. When Tesla was founded in the mid 2000s, electric cars were novelties, trotted out and thrown on the scrapheap by carmakers for more than a century. But where most onlookers saw only failure, a small band of Silicon Valley engineers and entrepreneurs saw potential. The gas-guzzling car was in need of disruption; the world was ready for Car 2.0. So they pitted themselves against the biggest, fiercest business rivals in the world, setting out to make a car that was faster, sexier, smoother, cleaner than the competition. But as the saying goes, to make a small fortune in cars, start with a big fortune. Tesla would undergo a truly hellish fifteen years, beset by rivals, pressured by creditors, hobbled by whistleblowers, buoyed by its loyal supporters. Musk himself would often prove Tesla's worst enemy -- his antics more than once took the company he had funded largely with his own money to the brink of collapse. Was he an underdog, an antihero, a conman, or some combination of the three? Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins had a front-row seat for the drama: the pileups, wrestling for control, meltdowns, and the unlikeliest outcome of all: success. A story of power, recklessness, struggle, and triumph, 'Power play' is an exhilarating look at how a team of eccentrics and innovators beat the odds--and changed the future."--From publisher.
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