More Insights from 2GreenEnergy Supporter and Tech Maven Fritz Maffry

I’ve been speaking with my colleague Fritz Maffry in Kansas City a couple of times a month for the last eight years or so, and I’ve come to respect not only his strategies and tactics as a businessman in the cleantech space, but also his broader insights in this ever-growing sector.  Here are a few I thought I’d share:  

Tesla continues to climb; we think it is going to hit $40 billion market cap within six months. They’re previewing hints for flash charging, large scale charging infrastructure, and transit approach with pools of autonomous vehicles based on X class platform.

The Tesla team is said to be working seven days a week, as this is a crash program. Of course there are others too, but it would seem that these people have the right stuff to be one of the most credible contenders for early success with autonomous.

Indeed, globally there is quite a race on; the seven-day-a-week efforts I am sure are also underway in Europe and most definitely in China.

GM racing, Uber racing, Tesla racing, Google racing. Shared pools of electric vehicles, so many advantages in economics, length of service in day, dramatically reduced costs in fuel, labor, maintenance, and with enhanced optimization such as shared pools.

The tech guys get this, and Joe Public will get this in about a year after it is already in effect. Major testing centers abound in places like Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Austin. Tech is back on the move in terms of stock performance; augmented reality, smart assistants, care robots, autonomous tech, and artificial intelligence are going to be showing traction after a few years of investment and cultivation by the powerhouses of tech.