In a wide ranging discussion at the Air Warfare Symposium held by the U.S. Air Force, Elon Musk touched on some old and new themes, but one highlight of the discussion was the small window into hiring and firing practices at SpaceX arguably one of the world’s…
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Month: February 2020
How Tesla Sets Itself Apart
Teslas recent breakout market performance is proving some of its skeptics wrong.By mid-January, Teslas market capitalization had reached $107 billion, and it surged past the giant German automaker Volkswagen to become the worlds second most valuable auto c…
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Stop asking about the peanut. It is not for sale
I consider myself to be a skilled parallel parker, mostly because I spent my younger years driving my mom’s 1975 Oldsmobile Delta 88 land yacht. I’m not sure if I follow the steps laid out in this video by Jalopnik’s Andrew Collins but his does seem like a me…
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The boss who put everyone on 70K
Image copyrightGravity In 2015, the boss of a card payments company in Seattle introduced a $70,000 minimum salary for all of his 120 staff – and personally took a pay cut of $1m. Five years later he’s still on the minimum salary, and says the gamble has pai…
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China’s CATL aims to raise $2.85 billion for EV battery projects
BEIJING CATL, China’s top electric vehicle battery maker, said it aims to raise up to 20 billion yuan ($2.85 billion) in a private placement of shares to fund its battery projects and boost working capital. The fundraising will help CATL to expand its batter…
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