Bøger af Tim Higgins

La escandalosa historia de Elon Musk, el hombre que llevó a Tesla más allá de lo imaginableElon Musk es uno de los titanes más controvertidos de Silicon Valley. Para algunos, es un genio y un visionario; para otros, un errático vendedor de medio pelo. Hay quien ha ganado o perdido fortunas por culpa de sus tuits, y su vida personal parece salida de un periódico sensacionalista. Sin embargo, a pesar de sus comentarios provocadores y su comportamiento imprevisible, está haciendo realidad su apuesta más audaz: el coche eléctrico.Cuando Musk fundó Tesla en 2003, los coches eléctricos eran algo nuevo. Durante más de un siglo, la industria automovilística, a pesar de admirarlos, había descartado su producción. Pero allí donde la mayoría sólo veía posibles fracasos, un pequeño grupo de ingenieros y emprendedores de Silicon Valley capitaneados por Elon Musk vio una oportunidad y apostó contra las empresas más grandes y consolidadas del mundo para fabricar un coche más rápido, bonito y limpio que el de la competencia.Juegos de poder es una narración sobre el proceso de creación de Tesla. También sobre la mentalidad rebelde y provocadora de su líder, sin el que la empresa no hubiera existido, pero que en ocasiones la ha puesto en riesgo con sus actuaciones públicas. Una historia fascinante de enfrentamientos, decepciones, depresión y, aún más insólito: de éxitos.

'A deeply reported and business-savvy chronicle of Tesla's wild ride' --Walter Isaacson'A masterclass in narrative journalism' --Bradley Hope'Exemplary' --The Times'An exceptional work' --Washington Post Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car and the race to drive the future.

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.