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Watch Out for the 'Off-Grid' Problem Hiding in Your Business Model

Growth advantages can turn into liabilities when customer retention declines, increasing the burden of fixed costs on remaining users.

frominsideevs.com

1 month ago

The New Chevy Bolt Charges Quicker Than GM's Pricier EVs. It's More Proof That Voltage Matters

There's a key reason why many EVs are expensive. Economies of scale just haven't kicked in as they have for gas cars. Over 100-plus years of building dino-burners, we've gotten pretty good at every individual part. There are plenty of firms that can build fuel pumps, turbochargers, alternators, and radiators at scale, leveraging hundreds of thousand-unit volumes to drive per-unit costs down.

Cars

Venture

fromwww.bloomberg.com

2 months ago

Musk's Moonshot Merger

Google used search-driven ad revenue with low marginal costs to fund risky, ambitious long-term “moonshot” projects targeting physical-world problems.

US news

fromBusiness Insider

6 months ago

For the US EV market, the training wheels are off. Tesla will survive. Who else will?

US EV sales reached a record in Q3 2025, but most automakers remain unprofitable without scale; Tesla is the profitable market leader.

Business

fromEntrepreneur

7 months ago

How Franchisors Are Battling Rising Prices in 2025 | Entrepreneur

Franchise systems use economies of scale, supply-chain engineering, and centralized communication to protect franchisee margins and attract buyers during economic turbulence.