partially supported by local governmental authorities‚ some companies are providing proprietary charging networks. An example of the latter is the Tesla supercharger network provided by Tesla Motors which‚ in June 2013‚ announced an upgrade of their stations to become "Tesla stations" which would also support under-two-minute battery swaps for the Tesla Model S.”. Using an electric car will dramatically reduce gas emissions that cause the greenhouse effect and air pollution. This will later on control
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Tesla Motors Norbert Binkiewicz Justin Chen June 4‚ 2008 Matt Czubakowski 1 SWOT Analysis Strengths • • • • Good engineering and technology research capability Able to raise large amounts of capital First mover advantage; the first company to offer a relatively practical fully electric car‚ customers include high-profile figures like Arnold Schwarzenegger‚ George Clooney‚ and Jay Leno Designs and builds many of the components in its cars‚ including the power electronics
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Elon Musk is an engineer and entrepreneur who builds and operates companies to solve environmental‚ social and economic challenges. He is currently the CEO and CTO of SpaceX and CEO and Chief Product Architect of Tesla Motors. He was an early investor in SpaceX‚ PayPal‚ Inc.‚ Tesla Motors‚ and Zip2‚ and is widely considered a co-founder of each company. Musk invented the Hyperloop‚ a high-speed transportation system. He was born and raised in South Africa; his mother was Canadian and his father
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Innovation vs Entrepreneurship Navin Kumar Prasannam – 24C “Necessity is the mother of invention” is an English proverb meaning that difficulty or need for ease bolsters inventions aimed at killing those difficulties. This is where an innovator steps in and ensures‚ with all his creativity‚ that there is a product designed to satisfy the necessity. But who ensures the success of the product in terms of its utilization or market share‚ when compared to its rivals? According to the Oxford Dictionary
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in the world‚ it can be tough to spend it all. It will be even tougher to spend when you’re dead. If you’re Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page‚ though‚ you already know how you want your money to live on after you’re gone: support innovators like Tesla CEO Elon Musk. That’s what Page said at the TED conference in Vancouver‚ Canada this week‚ anyway‚ adding that the already-wealthy Musk is worthy of the Page billions because he’s one of the people who can change the world. Page said: He wants
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FOREIGN SCIENTIST AND THEIR DISCOVERY OF ELECTRICITY * Benjamin Franklin Born January 17‚ 1706 Boston‚ Massachusetts Bay Died April 17‚ 1790 (aged 84) Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania Ben Franklin was an American writer‚ publisher‚ scientist and diplomat‚ who helped to draw up the famous Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. In 1752 Franklin proved that lightning and the spark from amber were one and the same thing. The story of this famous milestone is a familiar one‚ in which
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Sacrifice The two main characters of The Prestige‚ Robert Angier and Alfred Borden‚ have a history that goes back to when they were just audience shills. An intense rivalry sparked between them after Angier suspected Borden of being responsible for the accidental death of his wife‚ Julia‚ during a live show. Though the two men stopped working together‚ they began competing for the title of “the greatest magician.” Throughout the movie‚ we see their obsession over beating each other’s magical performances
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make up for the huge gap in energy usage. 3. Who were Nikola Tesla‚ George Westinghouse‚ Thomas Edison? What role did each play in the development of the electrical utility industry? What were the advantages and disadvantages to the AC and DC electricity distribution systems? Why did AC win? Tesla‚ Westinghouse‚ and Edison were all key people in the history of the development of the electrical utility industry. Nikola Tesla improved the AC electricity distribution system‚ where Thomas Edison
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both? For me‚ combination of both practice and theory is more important in Science and technology because like in the "War of Currents" when Thomas Edison dismissed the idea of Nikola Tesla using the alternating-current power transmission and later on Thomas Edison cane to regret that he had not listened to Nikola Tesla about it. This shows that practice maybe have a good point in Science but theories could help things out so things would be easier and discover new things that is better than what is
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transmission(MPT). We also discussed the technological developments in Wireless Power Transmission (WPT). The advantages‚ disadvantages‚ biological impacts and applications of WPT are also presented. KEY WORDS Microwave Power transmission (MPT)‚ Nikola Tesla‚ Rectenna‚ Solar Power Satellites (SPS)‚ Wireless Power transmission (WPT). 1. INTRODUCTION One of the major issue in power system is the losses occurs during the transmission and distribution of electrical power. As the demand increases day by
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