Category: Electric Vehicles

44. Everybody Still Hates Tesla, Part 1

44. Everybody Still Hates Tesla, Part 1

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Has any company made a bigger impact on the automotive sector in the last decade than Tesla? Love them or hate them, Tesla has masterfully used the extraordinary latitude it’s been afforded by investors and customers to disrupt the profit, supply and dealership structure of the industry.  This latitude is also potentially the Company’s biggest weakness, contributing to Groundhog Day execution problems and unnecessary “self-driving” claims. We revisit and offer updated commentary from our original Everybody Hates Tesla episodes of a few years ago.  

Note the “skip to” audio time stamps below.  You can read the related article here in 3 minutes.     

Host: Ali Tabibian of GTK Partners.  

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(0:00) Updated introduction 

(6:27) Beginning of “Everybody Hates Tesla, Part 1”  

(10:00) Electrification 

(15:40) EVs are inherently premium vehicles

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42. The Future of Transportation: Insights from Reilly Brennan of Trucks VC

42. The Future of Transportation: Insights from Reilly Brennan of Trucks VC

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Reilly Brennan, author of the must-read Future of Transportation newsletter and partner at Trucks VC, returns to Tech Cars Machines for a discussion on recent trends in transportation investing. We discuss financing round sizes and valuations, AI in autonomy and robotics, the promise of hydrogen combustion engines, the EV market, and much more.  

Host:   Ali Tabibian of GTK Partners 

Timestamps:

  • (0:00) Introduction 
  • (2:35) Overview of Trucks VC and market trends 
  • (9:19) Discussion on capital investment dynamics 
  • (12:00) Private and public market investment trends 
  • (20:00) Insights on AI and robotics 
  • (27:00) The rise of hydrogen combustion engines 
  • (36:00) Predictions and industry insights 

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34. CES 2024: The Inside Scoop

34. CES 2024: The Inside Scoop

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A summary for executives, capital allocators, technologists, geeks and generally enthusiastic people.  A behind-the-curtains view of trends in M&A, financing, AI, autos, autonomy, electric vehicles, and the Internet of Things.

A raw transcript is here.  More information on your host Ali Tabibian and GTK Partners.

Links to mentioned companies: Torc and Daimler Trucks; Indy Autonomous Challenge; Mercedes Benz in-vehicle NFT (no joke); L’Oreal’s generative AI; Foretellix’s ADAS development platform; wireless charging:  WiTricity and Ossia; accessibility tech: Gryogear hand stabilizer and Xander audio captioning glasses.

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