German Luxury-Car Makers Look Beyond Home Market BMW to expand Plant in U.S.‚ Daimler Will Boost Investment in China Venture By William Boston and Neal E. Boudette Updated March 28‚ 2014 2:56 p.m. ET A new BMW X4 is unveiled last Friday at the BMW manufacturing plant in Greer‚ South Carolina as the Germany luxury auto maker announced a $1 billion expansion for the plant. Associated Press German luxury car manufacturers BMW AG and Daimler AG have unveiled plans to spend billions on new car
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motors were made practical and affordable by Nikola Tesla and his induction motor. Before Tesla invented the induction motor was the dc motor that was impractical because it required two electric supplies for just one motor and expensive to make because it required rare materials on the other hand the induction motor needs but one power supply and can be made with inexpensive materials. The induction motor is powered by alternating current (AC) Tesla was one of the first to discover AC. He believed
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Marie Curie (French: [maʁikyʁi]; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934)‚ née Maria SalomeaSkłodowska (Polish: [ˈmarjasalɔˈmɛaskwɔˈdɔfska])‚ was a Polish physicist and chemist‚ working mainly in France‚[2] who is famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize‚ the only woman to win in two fields‚ and the only person to win in multiple sciences. She was also the first female professor at theUniversity of Paris (La Sorbonne)‚ and in 1995 became the first woman
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Capitalism refers to the factors of production being privately controlled rather than by the state and that money is invested in businesses to make a profit. The foundation of capitalism was created by Adam Smith‚ a Scottish philosopher and economist‚ during the Age of Enlightenment. Smith’s objectives differed from those of the feudal empires and monarchies. The natural laws created by Adam Smith‚ which characterize the Industrial Revolution in the United States‚ led to a dramatic increase in competition
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parents for all the care and support they provided us all this time. The Authors Abstract In this project‚ the idea of wireless power transfer has been developed. In the early 20th century before the electrical wire grid Nikola Tesla shows much of his work on wireless power transmission. As revolution is taking place‚ and technology is getting more and more‚ the idea of power transmission is also changing. The demand of generation is changing. So keeping the demands in mind‚ the
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THE WAR OF CURRENTS Tesla vs Edison: THE WAR OF CURRENTS In the "War of Currents" era (sometimes "War of the Currents" or "Battle of Currents") in the late 1880s‚ George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison’s promotion of direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over alternating current (AC) advocated by Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. Thomas Edison American inventor andbusinessman was known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park" and pushed
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’ Case 10-2) 1 The Smart Car In 1991‚ Nicolas Hayek‚ chairman of Swatch‚ announced an agreement with Volkswagen to develop a battery-powered "Swatch car." At the time‚ Hayek said his goal was to build "an ecologically inoffensive‚ highquality city car for two people" that would sell for about $6‚400. The Swatchmobile concept was based on Hayek’s conviction that consumers become emotionally attached to cars just as they do to watches. Like the Swatch‚ the Swatchmobile (officially named
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ultimately decided which type of current became the standard for the generation of electricity today. Due to different advantages and disadvantages‚ Edison promoted direct current (DC) for electric power distribution‚ whereas Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla both advocated alternating current (AC). Edison ’s direct current was initially the standard for the United States for electricity distribution as not only did DC work well with incandescent lamps (the principal load of the day)‚ but DC systems could
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For Tesla to become and remain one of the great companies of the 21st century‚ we must have an environment that is as safe‚ fair and fun as possible. It is incredibly important to me that you look forward to coming to work every day. For that‚ we must be a fair and just company – the only kind worth creating. This is vital to succeed in our mission to accelerate the advent of a clean‚ sustainable energy future. The forces arrayed against us are many and incredibly powerful. This is David vs Goliath
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efficient cars. Sustainability is also the reason Musk decided to collaborate Tesla and SolarCity. Tesla is now offering roof tiles and solar powered home amenities from SolarCity. Another goal of Tesla’s is safety. A new record was set by the Model S for obtaining the lowest likelihood of injuries (“Tesla’s Mission Accelerate”). During safety testing for rollover risk‚ the Model S refused to turnover and modifications had to be made in order to get the car to rollover. The reason the rollover risk
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