In the latest burst of indignant outrage that passes for news these days, a bunch of media outlets (of sorts) including Rolling Stone (huh?) jumped on a report by some obscure market data analytics company called Yard about the excessive use of private jets by celebrities. There were lots of statistics about carbon emissions, along […]
Our recent piece on finding the next Tesla proposed that autonomy may be the thesis we ought to be looking at as opposed to electrification. Investing in automakers isn’t something we’re keen on unless they’re pure plays on electric, and even then, we’re not convinced we’ll see another Tesla-like success story from all the EV […]
We recently took a deep dive into why trying to find the next Tesla is mostly a fool’s errand. The super short version is that it’s highly unlikely that a pure-play electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer can replicate Elon Musk’s success – and luck. At one point, Musk revealed, Tesla was only about a month away […]
People have been trying to find the next Microsoft ever since Bill Gates became the richest man on the planet in 1995. Now, they’re looking for the next Tesla as Elon Musk sits atop the list of the world’s wealthiest people. Moving to America and founding a successful company does wonders for your wealth, and […]
We humans tend to think that anything currently fashionable or trendy never existed before, but usually that’s not the case. Take the somewhat controversial idea of swapping. The concept has been around since the Gilded Age, but never really caught on because of a lack of interest. No, not that kind of swapping. We’re talking […]
You’re either on the bus or off the bus. That’s a quote from Ken Kesey, the leader of the Merry Pranksters, a group of early hippies and hipsters who traveled on a bus called Further in 1964 and introduced LSD to the party scene. Kesey’s comment was both an inside joke – often one of […]
Few things seem to get our readers more charged up than articles about battery technology. (Thankfully, they also generously forgive the occasional bad pun.) Did you know that the first battery potentially dates back to 200 BC in Mesopotamia? The so-called Baghdad battery used a clay pot, an iron bar, copper plating, and a solution […]
The old saying about necessity being the mother of invention is particularly true in countries where resources are scarce. If you want to board a bus in Havana, Cuba, you’ll see a group of people milling about at the bus stop. Just walk up to them and say “el ultimo” loudly. Someone will raise their […]
Tech investors who are tenured enough to recall the dot-bomb days may also remember the hype surrounding a personal transportation device that was said to disrupt walking. Investors lined up to throw money at the vehicle hailed as being “maybe bigger than the Internet” by notable venture capitalist John Doerr. “As big a deal as […]
Want to know the fastest way to make a million dollars? Invest a billion dollars in an airline. That old quip best describes how difficult it is to operate a profitable airline consistently over time. And that was before nature threw some Rona into the mix. Assuming that the pandemic will soon be behind us, […]