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smart luxury | Tesla surpasses Ford & GM in market value

Tesla has surpassed Ford and GM in market value.

Investors investors are betting that the world’s appetite for electric vehicles will continue to grow and that Tesla will grow with it.

Although the big automakers are financially healthy and produce the best-selling types of vehicles, like trucks and sport utility vehicles, they are perceived as lagging in cutting-edge technology like alternative power and autonomy.

See:

“Tesla Hits a New Milestone, Passing G.M. In Valuation” | The New York Times, 10 April 2017

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smart prosperity | capitalizing on urban resilience

Prosperity will ultimately belong to cities and nations around the world that find ways to capitalize on strategies of resilience against the inevitable impact of climate change.

Those cities will retool themselves for new technologies and global businesses whose employees, reflecting a growing worldwide generational shift, want to walk, ride bikes and take mass transit.

“The challenge …is taking the long view.’

See: “Changing Climate, Changing Cities; Rising Waters Threaten China’s Rising Cities” | Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times, 7 April 2017

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