Tag: Tesla

Nicola Tesla was an enigmatic figure who, in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, played an important role in the development of the technology that made it possible for humankind to make use of electricity. And he didn’t get …

A Few Words on Nicola Tesla Read More »

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Here are some interesting updates on Telsa, from our Kansas City, MO-based colleague Fritz Maffry. – ed   The Perfect Storm

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It’s always good to get Fritz’s perspective; here’s another installment.  – Craig  Five years ago key elements were on positive roadmaps; now the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will display impactful and fantastic results Looking back in time, it was clear something …

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Here, Fritz Maffry offers these observations of a few of the tech giants: Bosch

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Here’s another installment on the tech sector of the economy from my colleague Frtiz Maffry: The trends and the issues ahead of three American-based car companies illustrates extraordinary divergence of fortunes, strategies, and valuations that pertain to their businesses.

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When we see the name “Tesla” in the world today, we normally think of the car, rather than the man for which it’s named.  Here’s a short but interesting biography of Nicola Tesla, the Serbian-born electrical engineering genius. 

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While Nikola Tesla was widely perceived as an eccentric with a phobia of germs who in his later years claimed he communicated telepathically with pigeons, he was also a visionary genius behind an electric motor, polyphase alternating current, the remote …

From Guest Blogger Will Sandford: The Secret Behind a Brilliant Mind – Tesla’s Renewable Energy Projects Read More »

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Fritz Maffry, whom I refer to as a “tech maven,” meaning that he’s a keen observer of the technology marketplace. Here are some of his recent comments:

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Two items from today’s edition of “Energy Matters” from the American Energy Society with my comments beneath each: – Solar: The US rooftop solar industry contracted in 2017 – after 16 straight years of gains. Meanwhile, Tesla is now in second place to SunRun …

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When American car-buyers were given 12 different criteria for making their purchase, “performance/speed” ranked a healthy fourth (behind price, fuel economy, and style). Perhaps this figure may be tailing off slightly as baby boomers age and tend not to care …

People Love Teslas–For Several Different Reasons Read More »

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