Telsa Roadster

Telsa Roadster

“Sleepless” and restless in Silicon Valley, the cash flushed computer gurus in California Silicon Valley have taken a renewed interest in funding the ultimate electric car. They believe in thinking out of the box, being nimble and that there is room for creativity and innovation in the cut throat world of auto industry and are placing their bets against stodgy Detroit.

Mapping the path of the ultimate green car, 4 years ago, others have experimented with the hydrogen car. Then 3 years ago, the ethanol powered car. Enter the new age - the Electric Car. There is a nagging question that looms over the scene - In each experiment, there were problems which causes focus to shift to the next Big thing. Would this phenomenon happen to the Electric Car?

Making of The Ultimate Hybrid Green Car - The Silicon Valley Business Philosophy
In retrospect, this is essentially what Silicon Valley is all about. Rejuvenation, learn from failure and bounce back with an even better idea and see it to fruitation. In fact, a handful of environmentally friendly Silicon Valley enthusiasts are slowly but surely making inroads to the electric green car market, albeit quietly. Telsa Motors with its Roadster for one.

Making Of The Ultimate Hybrid Green Car - The Silicon Valley Business Positioning
Creating a customer centric culture throughout, mapping the customer-centric mold of managing customer expectation and consumer comforts. An Valley Green Car entrepreneur envisioned a customer sending the car for repair, served with a latte, read the newspapers and watch on while his car gets repaired - Hence, giving rise to the customer-centric philosophy.

Then Comes The Overwhelming Investment Budget & Government Regulations
A Valley investor shared that the investment budget for creating the Green Hyrbid Car had ballooned 3 times the expected amount upon implementation stage. Then too, the overwhelmingly extensive government regulations that comes with the package.

Down the road, with mass production come more woes like union problems, health care costs, labor issues and shareholders to contend with. These “happy problems” are part of the eventual path that comes with the success of the Green Hyrbid Car Dream.

Can the Silicon Valley Mongols stomach endless stifling boardroom meetings, manhandle union problems and shareholder problems without critical auto industry experience? After all, the auto industry is not simply made of customer-centric business philosophy alone..

Only time will tell. But let’s just say that these are exciting times, amidst an economic downturn and cash flushed Silicon Valley mongols.

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