Time magazine announced on December 13 that Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, was named Person of the Year.
In this regard, Edward Fersenthal, editor-in-chief of Time magazine, said of Musk: "Almost no one can match his impact on life on Earth, or even on extraterrestrial life. ”
Time magazine's People of the Year selection began in 1927, and the winners can be individuals or groups, with positive or negative effects.
In addition, in 2020, the winners are US President Biden and Vice President Harris.
Time magazine said in an article about Musk, "As the richest man in the world, Musk does not have a house and has been selling property lately." He puts the satellite into orbit and runs on solar energy; he drives a car of his own making that requires little gasoline and little driver. The flick of his finger can cause the stock price to skyrocket or plummet. His every word was taken as a guideline by a large group of fans. As he swept the globe he also dreamed of colonizing Mars, and his square jaw revealed indomitability. ”
In fact, Musk did do countless great things in 2021, tweeting coins, leading Tesla to break through the trillion-dollar market value, personal wealth to the top of the world, SpaceX successfully sending four private passengers into space orbit, and posting words and poems on hot searches.
The first is to speculate in coins, whether it is Bitcoin or Dogecoin, which can rise rapidly because of Musk's words, and Musk's influence has long exceeded the field of personal business.
The second is the automobile industry, Musk joined Tesla in 2004, and changed the pattern of the automobile industry in nearly 17 years.
Howe said unceremoniously, the highly integrated electric drive system, the integrated central domain controller architecture, the high-computing power AI chip, the software OTA upgrade, the software payment model, the integrated punching mold production process, the direct channel sales model, etc., which we see today are all great gifts that Tesla has given to this industry.
To this end, Musk has countless loyal supporters in the automotive field.
Born in China, Xiaopeng Motors has always been a fierce rival of Tesla, but He Xiaopeng, the founder of Xiaopeng Motors, has always admired Musk's innovative spirit.
After commenting on Musk's election as a "Time" character, He Xiaopeng sent a circle of friends to say: "Musk has come to this day in countless doubts, and looks forward to his future can change the world more!" I also hope that everyone will have more understanding and expectations for innovation and exploration, because there are more like "moths to fire", and the world and talents will have more different dazzling. ”
Yes, Musk has a "moth to fire" spirit of innovation.
For example, in 2020, Musk vigorously promoted the manufacturing process of integrated punching and casting bodies, claiming that the process can greatly reduce manufacturing costs, body weight and improve safety, endurance, etc. However, when Tesla just proposed the manufacturing plan, many industry experts expressed opposition, complaining, and bearish, and they believed that the technology was difficult to solve a series of problems such as after-sales maintenance and manufacturing yield rate.
This kind of doubt now seems to be very stupid as Tesla's launch of the 18650 battery that year, which is considered to be the wrong route, and like Tesla's direct channel model, which is considered financially unsustainable.
And it turns out that these doubts are indeed very stupid.
Recently, some industry insiders said that after Tesla solved a series of technical challenges, 6 Chinese car companies have also begun to favor this technology, just like more and more car companies are using ternary lithium batteries and using direct channel models.
Therefore, Musk's spirit is to constantly "innovate", so that those old professionalism is giving way to the ability to innovate.
Finally, Time magazine used these words to describe Musk: a clown, a genius, a leader, a visionary, an industrialist, a performer, a scoundrel; a crazy mix of Edison (inventor), Barnum (the father of modern PR), Carnegie (entrepreneur), and Dr. Manhattan (a superhero, scientist in DC Comics).