Read my story at The Observer. This Saturday, the first of Ferrari’s polarizing EVs, the Luce, will head to auction at RM Sotheby’s during Monterey Car Week. With a presale estimate above $1.1 million, nearly double its retail base price, plenty of people will be watching closely to […]
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Behind This $25K Electric Truck Is Jeff Bezos’ ‘Made in America’ Mission
Read my story at The Observer. Last week, Slate Auto, an electric car startup backed by Jeff Bezos and led by a group of former Amazon executives, announced the price tag of the most affordable electric pickup truck in America: $24,950. It’s extremely bare-bones, but its pricing and design have captured headlines […]
This Bezos-Backed Startup is Launching a sub-$25,000 Electric Truck, but Will People Buy it?
Read my story at Inc Magazine. This week, Slate Auto, the buzzy Bezos-backed startup, revealed the pricing on the cheapest new EV on sale in America. The bare-bones “Blank Slate” pickup starts at $24,950 before the destination charge, making it the least expensive new electric vehicle […]
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe Warns That the U.S. Isn’t Prepared for AI’s Impact on This 1 Type of Job
At a roundtable in Utah, CEO of Rivian, RJ Scaringe talked candidly about his Mind Robotics start up and the future of jobs in the US with the advent of AI.
How Small Businesses Can Create 401ks for Part-Time Employees
I sat down with tech leaders to talk about how small businesses and franchise owners can offer part time employees 401k benefits without taking on huge risk or breaking the bank.
Tech as a Game Changer for Small Businesses
I sat down with business leaders at Dell to discuss how small businesses can leverage technology (especially AI) to their advantage today.
The Strait of Hormuz Blockade is Causing a Slow-Moving Food Crisis
While the Hormuz Strait in Iran remains blocked, farmers in the US and around the world are feeling the pinch and rising costs are impacting what will be grown this spring.
From Jim Farley to RJ Scaringe, Auto CEOs Turn Off-Road Vehicles into Profit Engines
Read my story at The Observer Last month, Ford CEO Jim Farley told The Detroit News ahead of the Detroit Auto Show that vehicles like the Bronco, Raptor and Tremor have become major profit centers for the company. “The off-road business is very unusual because it’s extremely profitable, and the […]
Why Ford’s Electric F-150 Never Took Off
Read my story at The Observer. This week, Ford announced it will end production of the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, and take a $19.5 billion write-down tied to its current and planned EV programs. The move marks a sharp reversal from […]
How Co-Founders Can Balance Work & Home in High-Pressure Businesses
Listen to this episode of From the Ground Up Podcast, over at Inc.com In this special episode of From the Ground Up in partnership with Chase for Business, we sit down with Rica and Tasha Kendrick-Palmer, co-founders of Black Phlox, to hear how they’ve navigated the intertwined […]
Rivian CEO’s $4.6B Pay Plan Mirrors Elon Musk’s–But the Tesla Playbook is Hard to Repeat
Earlier this month, electric carmaker Rivian unveiled a $4.6 billion compensation plan for its founder and CEO, RJ Scaringe—a package that has drawn comparisons to Tesla’s $1 trillion deal for Elon Musk. Like Musk’s award, Rivian’s plan hinges on a series of highly ambitious performance targets over the next […]
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe on the Carmaker’s High-Stakes Return to Formula 1
Read my story from the Observer. Honda has moved in and out of Formula 1 multiple times over the past 60 years, depending on the state of business. “Business is going good sometimes, and going bad sometimes,” Honda Global CEO Toshihiro Mibe told a roundtable of reporters, including Observer, in […]