“History is littered with big companies that ignored innovation.”
That quote is attributed to Dan Akerson. Dan who you ask? Akerson is a former CEO of General Motors. In 2013 he commissioned an internal skunk-works team to keep tabs on Tesla and its burgeoning electric vehicle technology. He believed then that Tesla could be a disruptor. We now know that Akerson was correct. Tesla has disrupted, causing most automakers to aggressively develop electric vehicles.
Although Akerson is no longer GM’s CEO, I believe it was his early concern about an upstart auto company that now has GM poised to lead all legacy automakers in the race to electric vehicles and autonomous driving technology.
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