Bücher von Tim Higgins

Genie, Visionär oder doch nur windiger Geschäftemacher? Elon Musk war einer der umstrittensten Titanen des Silicon Valley. Er wurde von Konkurrenten und Investoren bedrängt, von Whistle­blowern behindert - dennoch verloren er und sein Team von Tesla nie den Glauben an das Potenzial von E-Autos. Beharrlich entwickelten sie ein Auto, das schneller, leiser und sauberer war als alle anderen. Der Auto- und Technologie-Reporter des "Wall Street Journal", Tim Higgins, verfolgte das Drama von der ersten Reihe aus: die Phasen des Innovationsstaus, das Ringen um die Kontrolle, die Verzweiflung und den unerwarteten Erfolg. "Powerplay" ist eine Geschichte von Macht, Rücksichtslosigkeit, Kampf und Triumph und schildert, wie ein Team von Exzentrikern und Innovatoren alle Hürden überwand - und die Zukunft veränderte.

Tesla is the envy of the automotive world. The first car company to be valued at $1 trillion, its electric vehicles can be found across the globe, coveted symbols of both wealth and virtue. The company's rise has elevated its CEO, the mercurial and charismatic Elon Musk, into a celebrity-not to mention making him the richest man in the world. But Tesla's success was far from guaranteed. Founded in the 2000s, the company was born from a simple but audacious vision: to create an electric car that could best any gas-guzzling competitor. Tesla wasn't the first company to try: Electric cars had been trotted out-and thrown on the scrap heap-by carmakers for more than a century. But where onlookers saw a history of failure, Musk and a small band of Silicon Valley engineers and entrepreneurs saw only opportunity. The car, they decided, was in need of disruption. So Tesla pitted itself against the biggest, fiercest business businesses in the world, setting out to make a car that was quicker, sexier, smoother, and cleaner than any on the road. But as the saying goes, to make a small fortune in cars, start with a big fortune. Tesla would undergo a hellish fifteen years, beset by rivals, pressured by investors, hobbled by whistleblowers, buoyed by loyal supporters. Time and time again, Musk would find himself in the public crosshairs, threatening to bring the company he had initially funded largely with his own money to the brink of collapse. Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins had a front-row seat for the drama: the pileups, wrestling for control, breakdowns, and, the unlikeliest outcome of all, success. A story of impossible wagers and unlikely triumphs, Power Play is an exhilarating look at how a team of eccentrics and innovators beat the odds-and changed the future.