Tesla, the Silicon Valley upstart car company is re-writing the auto manufacturing playbook one line of code at a time. (NY Times)

Global manufacturing took a whollup in 2021 that no one saw coming and no CEO had any experience navigating. Big unforeseen events have a way of creating new leaders who were able to adroitly monetize the charted waters and Elon Musk was one of those people who came out on the other end on top of the World. His ability to buck industry trends are generally criticized at the outset but then are lauded as brilliant new ways of doing business. The staid conservative auto industry is ripe for an overhaul and Mr. Musk seems intent on doing just that.