Elon Musk

Autonomous Vehicles and their Policy Implications 1989: the year the Cold War ended, gas cost $0.97, the Tokyo Stock Market crashed, Microsoft Office was first released, and Toyota released it’s first luxury brand, Lexus1. The earth was graced by Taylor Swift, would-be Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe, and, how could we forget, the Little Mermaid2. And in November of 1989, a sci-fi film was released which would be the third highest grossing movie of the year and inspire and entertain for…

“Trying to teach leadership without first building confidence is like building a house on a foundation of sand. It may have a nice coat of paint, but it is ultimately shaky at best” (Dao, 2008). Good leaders aren’t afraid of being challenged. Elon Musk is a great example of leader with confidence. He truly believes that his company, Tesla will be successful which has proved many times through his actions. He converted 532,000 stock options at$6.63 each, their value on December 4, 2009 before…

Everything around is constantly changing, we are constantly learning and adapting. For many people, the thought of getting inside a car without a driver is unthinkable. What makes humanity amazing from any other living organism is our ability to develop and adapt. When the first car was made late in the 1800s nobody would have ever dreamed the technology advancements cars have made throughout centuries. The development of autonomous cars is the newest development in cars in order to make lives…

Simulation Theory “There’s a one in billions chance we’re in base reality,” claims Elon Musk, product architect of Tesla Inc., founder of SpaceX, and more. In recent years, the simulation-argument has gained serious traction as we further advance technologically, and intellectually. However, not everyone is on board with the “simulation argument”—a term coined by Nick Bostrom (Philosophy Professor at Oxford University) when he published a journal stating: [A]t least one of the following…

The copyrighted visual work I have chosen to infringe is the logo for the National Basketball Association. It represents the men’s professional basketball team in North America for a total amount 30 teams, which doesn’t include the women teams at all. America’s basketball association doesn’t exclude women teams to an extremity but there are some concerns. These concerns are the reason why I am trying to come as close as possible to infringing the NBA logo. The following concerns are why do the…

• Social Factor: “72% of people polled have considered buying or would like to buy electric cars. However, 65% of Americans said they would not pay more for an electric car than for traditional car models.” This shows how electric car companies have to lower the prices to attract more customers. In order to do so, they have to minimize the cost and sell high volumes of cars to enjoy high economies of scale. However, this will not be easy for electric car companies because batteries are very…

Teaching Objectivism to the courtroom, Rearden is attacking Collectivism and Altruism by accepting reality; that one must produce for their own self-interest in order to pursue their own happiness and prosperity; anything outside those motives are illogical and immoral. This moral code he is condemning breaks the law of existence: “A is A (1038)”. If A is not A, a person’s sole motive to live is not for himself, rather, to live for others. This premise denies reality, reason, and logic in place…

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1516, in Thomas More’s “Utopia” [7]. Throughout the centuries many famous intellectuals like Thomas Paine and John Stuart Mill examined and expanded upon the idea. Modern day, we see the idea of a Universal Basic Income being endorsed by men like Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and Space-X. The purpose of the Basic Income was to tackle poverty. Modern day, it is now becoming a more prevalent way to fix the current large income inequality and as a way to tackle the large upcoming inequality of the…

SWOT Internal factor analysis Strengths • Strong management team and technological expertise – the management team of Tesla is very strong with CEO Elon Musk spearheading it who has earlier also founded companies like PayPal and SpaceX which are doing quite well in their domain. They recruit the best of the employees to have the desired result. They also have a strong technological expertise in the area of electronic transmissions and drive train. • Unique position in the auto market – Tesla is…