Sentences with phrase «like electric companies»

Broadband is essential for an entrepreneurial future but broadband providers are more like the electric company or Ma Bell from days past.

Not exact matches

Electric car company Tesla announced its compensation plan for founder Elon Musk yesterday, and like pretty much everything else the company does, it was calibrated for maximum publicity value.

Besides, those focused on improving themselves don't work 100 - hour weeks developing SpaceX rockets and Tesla electric cars like Elon Musk, who's actually chief executive of both companies.

Electric cars and connected cars are among the technologies being developed by Chinese companies like Qiantu Motor and LeEco.

Other companies, like Uber, are developing their own electric flying taxis.

Perhaps for this reason, many people who invest in start - ups tend to favor companies that are based on small, executable ideas over grand strategies like Martian colonization or the resurrection of the electric car.

The industrial sector alone could account for one - third of the IoT market, with companies like Schneider Electric (EPA: SU), which specializes in energy management systems, leading the way.

The company's electric bikes, designed to look like vintage motorcycles, have been featured on CNN and Jay Leno's Garage.

The two companies did not mention any possible termination fees related to failing to secure regulatory approval, which may be a heightened concern given recent U.S. government opposition to big deals like Comcast - Time Warner Cable, Staples - Office Depot and General Electric - Electrolux.

Those words might surprise companies like Comcast (cmcsa), General Electric (ge), and Capital One (cof) bank, which are all big AWS customers.

Companies like General Motors and Toyota were also investing in electric vehicle technology, but Tesla was the first to show that a battery - powered car could be sexy.

The biggest companies back then were mostly stuffy giants like General Electric, Exxon, Walmart and Citi — the budget's authors managed to refrain from labeling them «old economy» companies, but that was clearly the intent.

The question now is whether Germany's auto industry — which is behind on the electric trend and has been upended by Volkswagen's emissions scandal — can build an e-vehicle that the nation's drivers actually want to buy, or whether the incentive will end up lining the pockets of foreign companies like Tesla and the Renault - Nissan Alliance.

Le Duc cites companies like Tesla, which made electric cars fashionable; Nest Labs, which is revolutionizing home temperature control and energy use; and Solar City, which scaled up industrial solar panels, all of which are taking revenue from companies with older business models.

Thirty executives from influential companies like Tesla, General Electric and Virgin Group expressed «strong support» for keeping America in the climate change accord.

Salesforce soon became the largest maker of so - called customer relationship management, or C.R.M., software sold over the cloud, which is used by salespeople and marketers at companies like American Express and General Electric.

This structure is a big reason that Apple has a much narrower line of products than a conventional company like General Electric, which makes everything from light bulbs to MRI machines.

Tata's investment in Faraday Future might seem like a hefty sum to pay on a company that is seemingly out of runway, but gaining access to Faraday's intellectual property could be a small investment for Tata's subsidiary, Jaguar Land Rover, which looks to launch its own series of fully electric cars.

Companies like Procter & Gamble, 3M, Emerson Electric, and Colgate - Palmolive have been raising dividends for over fifty years.

Pretend you are the CEO of a hot growth company like Tesla Motors (TSLA), the maker of high performance electric cars.

The examples include not just well - known socially conscious companies like Ben & Jerry's and Patagonia, but also wildly successful corporate giants who are also profiting by doing good in the world, including General Electric, Toyota, Unilever, Marks and Spencer, and many others.

The electric vehicle movement the company arguably popularized is seeing momentum from new and existing players, while self - driving competitors like Alphabet's Waymo strike deals with automakers to develop vehicles that could rival Tesla's own offerings.

As for costs of operation — chief among them being product delivery — technologies like driverless, autonomous electric vehicles, which are already test - driving around Las Vegas, are sure to be rapidly adopted by major courier companies as it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costs.

These improving conditions have encouraged large multinational companies, like IBM, Wal - Mart Inc., General Electric, Procter & Gamble, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, to make significant investments in African economies.

The sum WM said it's raised is a show of confidence in a startup competing with more than 200 Chinese electric - vehicle companies, some backed by the likes of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s Jack Ma, Foxconn Technology Group's Terry Gou and Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s Ma Huateng.

This surging stock looks like a promising bet on electric cars — and it's not Tesla Battery - materials company Umicore is among the few electric - vehicle «champions,» analyst saysAs Yogi Berra might have put it: Nobody buys Tesla stock anymore.

All cable companies would charge a fair price, established by the state public service commission (like gas and electric rates).

«Companies like General Electric that were making electrical motors also were focusing their attention on the commercial foodservice equipment industry,» Whaley explains.

Companies that provided good jobs moved away, like General Electric to Massachusetts and Carrier to Mexico.

The development corporations equip and lease multiple high - tech facilities to private companies like General Electric and IBM, who invest in research and development and create hundreds of jobs.

The development corporations equip and lease these high - tech facilities to private companies like General Electric and IBM, who invest in research and development and create hundreds of new jobs.

Alternative to building more freeways Companies like Siemens AG, Xerox Corp. and Schneider Electric SA have already built adaptive traffic management systems in cities across the United States.

This is one of many safety issues currently being investigated by his team at the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation in Bootle, as it considers licensing new, supposedly safer, reactor designs from companies like Japanese - owned Westinghouse Electric and French - owned Areva.

McCain's platform revolves chiefly around monetary challenges for companies and consumers — including a $ 5,000 tax credit for consumers who buy zero - emission cars (encouraging automakers to create such vehicles) and a $ 300 - million X PRIZE — like competition to develop a battery for plug - in hybrids and fully electric cars.

Fewer blackouts and money savings aside, equipping homes with smart energy systems could allow electric companies to switch to using more energy from renewable sources like wind and solar.

Innovative companies like Better Place and Nuvve are testing speedy battery replacement systems and ways to sell power from battery electrics back to the grid, respectively.

Wattpad Brand Solutions, on the other hand, allows Wattpad to connect dating experts» brands and other corporate companies like Kraft and General Electric with influential writers.

The film seems like an obvious vehicle for a pop star to break into acting, although that wasn't quite the case for the original's seasoned but not yet famous 16 - year - old Irene Cara (an alumna of «The Electric Company», who appropriately enough would find Fame).

Like one of the hucksters in «Glengarry Glen Ross,» Joe talks himself into a job at a company called Cardiff Electric, where he intentionally crosses paths with the very different Gordon Clark (Scoot McNairy).

While early - college high schools link students with local colleges, Schwartz says another option is to directly link high school students to business, like existing career academies, which started in 1969 in Philadelphia in collaboration with Philadelphia Electric Company and Bell of Pennsylvania, and talent development high schools, which allow struggling students to play academic «catch up» before learning about specific career paths.

Faculty members and students help create content for shows like Sesame Street and The Electric Company in collaboration with the Children's Television Workshop.

The E-Motion sits on parent company SAIC's new modular electric car platform - a scaleable architecture like VW's MEB.

Possible answer: leveraging the massive R & D power of Mitsubishi group companies that retain a huge stake in Mitsubishi Motors, like Mitsubishi Electric and aircraft maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

The company is expected to be re-established in 2016, with its new Chinese owners hoping to compete with electric - focused brands like BMW and Tesla.

Like the LC, the LS has a bespoke Lexus Multi-Stage Hybrid System with a «four - stage shifting device,» essentially a four - speed automatic that the company says feels and acts like the 10 - speed automatic in the conventional gas - powered LS 500, plus two electric motors with a 310 - volt, lithium - ion battLike the LC, the LS has a bespoke Lexus Multi-Stage Hybrid System with a «four - stage shifting device,» essentially a four - speed automatic that the company says feels and acts like the 10 - speed automatic in the conventional gas - powered LS 500, plus two electric motors with a 310 - volt, lithium - ion battlike the 10 - speed automatic in the conventional gas - powered LS 500, plus two electric motors with a 310 - volt, lithium - ion battery.

Mercedes - Benz hasn't made a big a fuss over its upcoming B - Class Electric Drive like other companies have about their electric vElectric Drive like other companies have about their electric velectric vehicles.

The concept SUV is capable of 310 miles of all - electric range, working from a 70 - kW lithium - ion battery built by Daimler subsidiary Deutsche Accumotive, which means Mercedes is not at the mercy of outside companies like LG or Panasonic.

To be perfectly frank, the ability for a car company to produce a few electric cars — even very nice ones — for journalists to drive just doesn't impress us like it used to.

It still kind of is: Besides the massive display of Local Motors clothing for sale and the products it produces — from the Isuzu VehiCROSS - like Rally Fighter, a $ 99,000 semi-kit vehicle powered by a Chevrolet V - 8, to the Kickstarter - funded Verrado drift trike, an electric Big Wheel for adults — there are lots of kid - friendly exhibits, many illustrating the company's 3D - printing capability.

Available on both the petrol - powered LS 500 and the LS 500h petrol - electric hybrid, the F Sport trim level features a more aggressive interpretation of the company's now - familiar spindle grille, painted in black and featuring 7000 individual facets in its mesh - like structure.