– HENRY FORD “It is perfectly safe to say that George Selden has never advanced the automobile industry in a single particular...and it would perhaps be further advanced than it is now if he had never been born.”
U.S. AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION Automobiles produced (thousands) 0K 350K 700K 1,050K 1,400K <1901 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 Ford All Others Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Automobile_Production_Figures
U.S. AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION Automobiles produced (thousands) 0K 350K 700K 1,050K 1,400K <1901 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 Ford All Others Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Automobile_Production_Figures
U.S. AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION Automobiles produced (thousands) 0K 1,250K 2,500K 3,750K 5,000K <1901 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 Ford All Others Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Automobile_Production_Figures World War I
U.S. AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION Automobiles produced (thousands) 0K 1,250K 2,500K 3,750K 5,000K <1901 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 Ford All Others Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Automobile_Production_Figures World War I Black Friday
–STEVEN JOHNSON “The long-zoom approach lets us see that openness and connectivity may, in the end, be more valuable to innovation than purely competitive mechanisms.” Where Good Ideas Come From
–ELON MUSK “We believe that Tesla, other companies making electric cars, and the world would all benefit from a common, rapidly-evolving technology platform.” All Our Patent Are Belong To You
–ELON MUSK “Technology leadership is not defined by patents, which history has repeatedly shown to be small protection indeed against a determined competitor…
–ELON MUSK “…but rather by the ability of a company to attract and motivate the world’s most talented engineers. We believe that applying the open source philosophy to our patents will strengthen rather than diminish Tesla’s position in this regard.”