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Tesla Roadster 2 Unveiled

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The new Tesla Roadster is an update of the car that started it all, the original Tesla Roadster. It is a convertible four seater sportscar with a glass roof that can be removed and put into the trunk. By Elon's own admission you wouldn't want to try and fit a big person in the back seats, but frankly, Michael Jordan isn't going to fit in the back of any sportscar on the market. It is an all-wheel drive car, with three motors. One in the front, and two in the back. It is powered by a 200 kWh battery. It was officially announced as as a surprise zt the end of the lunch event for the Tesla Semi. Once the electric truck had been unveiled, the cargo crate at the back fell open dramatically, the lights cutting out, and the new Roadster roared out onto the stage. It then did some very dramatic acceleration to show off its capabilities, and quite hilariously, managed to lose the cameras so for a good few seconds you couldn't see anything but asphalt on t

Five books Mark Zuckerberg thinks everyone should read

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"Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeper wat than the most media today," Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his own personal Facebook page. "I am looking forward to shifting more of my media diet towards reading book." To achieve this, he started the A Year of Books book club, in which he discusses the book he's reading with members of the Facebook community. We have pot a list of his picks and why he thinks everyone should read them. ' Why Nation Fail ' by Daren Acemoglu and James Robinson 'Why Nation Fail' is an overview of fifteen years of research by MIT economist Daren Acemoglu and Harvard political scientist James Robinson. The authors argue that "extractive governments" use controls to enforce the power of a select few, while "inclusive governments" create open markets that allow citizens to spend and invest money freely, and that economic growth does not always indicate

7 Money Lessons we can Learn from Mukesh Ambani

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When the wealthiest man in the country, who is a thriving conglomerate and one of the finest business minds, continues to march the path of unabated success, then the success is not measured in money alone. With his charter of success, he turns into an inspiration to millions of minds who want to borrow the genie from him. When one looks at the path that has been trodden by Mukesh Ambani, the challenges become as visible as the feats. And, they co-exist in equal measures too.  Mukesh Ambani is a perfect example of hard work, perseverance, focus, commitment, which helps him remain steadfast on the path he has chosen to walk, against all odds and shortcuts. Pinning down success to something simple, like a surefire theory or a formula that would yield desirable results, has always been attempted. In other words, when a businessman speaks of his success and what kept him going, he does so from his experience and would generalise it to suit a large section of the listeners who are h