Electric car

The Industrial Revolution was an era of monumental change for the world. Before the 18th century, cultures had an agricultural lifestyle with kings, lords and dukes as if from a story. But with the invention of the steam engine, these societies began to transform into nations - nations that competed, helped, and destroyed each other; a new world was emerging. Machinery improved, technologies advanced, and the modern world started to form. Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism all began to replace…

Conflicts will inevitably be met during the process of meeting all needs in the triple bottom line as they are difficult to achieve simultaneously. The measurement or the degree a business is able to achieve their economic, social and environmental responsibilities is referred to the phrase created by John Elkington’s, ‘Triple Bottom Line’. The concept involves the measurement of a business’s profitability, the degree of society’s satisfaction and the extent of a business’s environmental…

Solar Power for Everyone, or a Brand New House on Mars? “Zero to 60 in 1.9 seconds, 250-MPH top speed, 620 mile range” (Siler 1). Those are only a few descriptions of the sleek 2017 Tesla roadster created by the company owned by Elon Musk. Musk is an entrepreneur and businessman born and raised in Africa. He attended numerous schools, the most notable of them being the Wharton School of Business. At a young age Musk was interested in computers and was already learning the skills he would later…

industry by using an induction motor, giving a competitive edge to other cars that run on combustion. Tesla´s motor and battery help us today in the present to get to places faster due to the powerful motor and electric battery. Tesla’s battery and motor is unique from other automobiles; both the motor and battery are found in the bottom-front of the automobile. Because, the motor and battery are found on the bottom-front of the car; Tesla’s platform is in a shape of a skateboard. On…

involved. Pertaining to the “Death of the Electric Car”, the relevant social groups include all parties that feel the same way towards the electric car. Based on this prerequisite, the RSGs involved are, EV1 Driver,…

Tesla at current Tesla right now has sold 10,500 cars in the first half of 2013 and is expected to sell more next year. Total revenues are 560 million and net income is more than 10 million dollars. These are numbers that will continue to grow to take up more and more market and BMW needs to fully understand how Tesla is now in this position. It is very important that BMW understands both from a strategic viewpoint and execution viewpoint, how to best counteract this sudden rise in a…

If I was driving from Maine to California, I would drive in a car with Elon Musk, (probably a Tesla). I choose him for many reasons, I believe that traveling with Elon Musk would allow me to better myself by observing how hard working he is. I would also stay entertained due to how smart he is, and how that would allow me to have many conversations with him. The last, and most important reason I would travel with Elon Musk is how passionate he is and how he takes an uncommon and innovative…

Tesla product line) Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, has put together something no one previously thought was possible. An electric car that is practical and luxurious. Tesla sales have increased, 52% in Q2 2015 and are expected to continue to rise as more people become fed up with the oil industry and want to make a positive impact on the environment. Additionally Tesla cars have scored the highest safety ratings both domestically and internationally. But this path has been fraught with delays…

Tarpenning; Eberhard as an engineer and Tarpenning as an entrepreneur. In 1996 they founded NuvoMedia a lithium ion battery company which inspired the idea of a lithium ion battery powered car; by 2000 they sold the company for $187,000 and they used this money to buy AC propulsion a company that built electric sports cars called tzero. Together Eberhard and AC propulsion made a lithium-ion version of the tzero. Though Eberhard and Tarpenning came up with the idea a few years before Tesla Motors…

Responsibility The Tesla mission statement is to “accelerate the advent of sustainable transport by bringing compelling mass market electric cars to market as soon as possible”(The Mission of Tesla). The biggest effort we make to give back to the community is the production of our cars that are better for the environment than other car manufacturers. We work to produce zero emission cars that are made from aluminum and plastic that can be recycled repeatedly. Tesla also uses non-toxic…