*A Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller*
''A deeply reported and business-savvy chronicle of Tesla''s wild ride'' --Walter Isaacson
''A masterclass in narrative journalism'' --Bradley Hope
''Exemplary'' --The Times
''An exceptional work'' --Washington Post
Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla''s bid to build the world''s greatest car and the race to drive the future.
Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some he''s a genius and a visionary and to others he''s a mercurial huckster. Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets and his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids. But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel, his most audacious vision is the one closest to the ground: the electric car.
When Tesla was founded in the 2000s, electric cars were novelties,
