Andrew Martin COMM 336 Informative Paper 4/4/2013 Tesla Motors Tesla Motors is a car company that designs‚ manufactures and sells electric vehicles. This public company was founded in 2003 by Ian Wright‚ JB Straubel‚ Marc Tarpenning‚ Martin Eberhard and most notably Elon Musk. Its headquarters is located in Palo Alto‚ California‚ with its main production plant in Fremont‚ California. The company was named after Nikola Tesla‚ a renowned electrical engineer and physicist. Its goal is to
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Tesla Motors Elon Musk successfully established Tesla Motors as one of the leaders in the electric vehicle industry since his induction as CEO in 2008. Tesla Motors designs‚ manufactures‚ and sells electric cars and powertrain components. The company also provides services for the development of powertrain systems and components‚ and sells electric powertrain components to other automotive manufacturers. It markets and sells its vehicles through Tesla stores as well as over the internet (Mora
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Philosophy Matrix II: Ancient Quest for Truth Name: Use the matrix to analyze Plato and Aristotle’s theory of knowledge and apply both to current day practices. In the first column‚ using the readings about Plato’s search for truth and his theories of knowledge‚ discuss how contemporary people may be living in a cave and which steps‚ based on Plato’s model of the Divided Line‚ will be necessary for their enlightenment. In the next column‚ based on Aristotle’s science of the first philosophy
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TOWS Matrix Weaknesses 1. 1. Less Funding 2. 2. Higher Tuition 3. 3. Class Size 4. 4. Non-specialized 5. Curriculum 5. Foreign TA’s SO Strategies WO Strategies 1. Develop a hotel lab 1. Use funding to hire more experience (O2‚ O3‚ O4‚ S4‚ professors ()‚ )4‚ W3‚ W5) S1) Strengths Reputation PSHRS Multiple Campuses Experienced Faculty Café Laura Lab 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Opportunities Hospitality is Worldwide Field State Funding Location Opportunity for Expansion Demand for Hospitality
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Tesla Motors was not really challenged the way other innovative ideas have been in the past‚ however it was repeatedly dismissed. Before the Roadster came out people put the idea of an practical electric auto into the boondoggle category. After it came out detractors denounced it as a niche market car. Belittled Tesla Motors by implying they had only succeeded in editing a Lotus Elise into an electric go-kart. After the Tesla Model S was released the tune changed drastically. For the first time
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Tata Motors 1. Describe the economic characteristics of the global motor vehicle industry. The characteristics of the global motor vehicle industry are a boom in certain places and a bust in others all due to economic conditions in different nations. Four years after tow of Detroit Michigan’s big three went into bankruptcy American car makers are going “full throttle” with sales in August hitting an annual rate that if substantiated can take them back over 16 million and that is a rate that was
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University of Phoenix Material The Fabulous Fifties Matrix Choose ten items from the following list and identify their significance during the 1950s: The Mickey Mouse Club Interstate highways Dishwashers Automobiles Hi-Fis and stereos Poodle skirts Drive-in theaters Levittown Dr. Spock Ozzie and Harriett I Love Lucy Persistent poverty Black urban migration Urban renewal Beatniks (beats) American Bandstand Elvis Presley James Dean Event Significance
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question honestly or lie. If both answer honestly each receives $100. If one player answers honestly and the other lies‚ the liar receives $500 and the honest player gets nothing. If both lie‚ then each receives $50. a) Construct the payoff matrix Honest Player 1 Lie $100 $100 $500 $0 $500 $0 $50 $50 $100 $100 $500 $0 $500 $0 $50 $50 Honest P2 Lie b) What choice will each make? Is there a dominant strategy for either player‚ is who
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International Business Political problem The political environment in United Kingdom is quite stable and much more organized than any other countries. The only problem that the firm may face is the high tax rates in this country. Which makes it more expensive as the raw material increases the cost of productions also goes up automatically and this
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Design of Induction Motors Introduction: Induction motors are the ac motors which are employed as the prime movers in most of the industries. Such motors are widely used in industrial applications from small workshops to large industries. These motors are employed in applications such as centrifugal pumps‚ conveyers‚ compressors crushers‚ and drilling machines etc. Constructional Details: Similar to DC machines an induction motor consists of a stationary member called stator and a rotating
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