a16z Podcast: Tesla and the Nature of Disruption by a16z published on 2018-09-17T22:55:54Z with Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) and Steven Sinofsky (@SteveSi) In another of our hallway conversation episodes, Benedict Evans and Steven Sinofsky talk all about Tesla — and more broadly, the nature of disruption overall. How disruptive is Tesla really, and what exactly are they disrupting — from the dashboard to car makers to vendors to energy source to autonomy overall? The tech industry is littered with leading innovators... who nonetheless failed to be the dominant leader in the end. So the question should be, is this new thing fundamentally difficult for the incumbent to do, and how does it relate to market dominance? Which of these things are important in order for Tesla to be the new BMW or the new GM? Looking back at other examples historically (Microsoft, GM's Saturn Brand, and of course the iPhone), what kind of disruption matters most for market dominance? And what is the long view of how software is eating transportation? Genre Technology Comment by Emaad Pervez and I believe Tesla turned profit since this was made 2018-11-05T01:45:03Z Comment by Emaad Pervez electric motors can be of higher and lesser power... a 15k electric car will not be as fast as a Porsche or Tesla. 2018-11-05T01:43:33Z