Tesla's Greatest Invention Is Its 'Hype Machine'

Tesla has successfully positioned itself as the future of automobiles. But in the present, Tesla doesn't make many cars. Peter Valdes-Dapena explains the Tesla hype machine, and what happens if that hype wanes.

Aug 14th, 2018

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

IEN Unboxed is a new show in which our editors unbox new tools on the market and discuss their features.

Israeli Harel Hershtik, vice president of strategy and technology at Scentech Medical, demonstrates his company's product, which he says can detect certain diseases by analysing a patient's breath, at the company's office in Rehovet, Israel, May 3, 2022. When he was 20 years old, Hershtik planned and executed a murder, shooting his victim in the head and burying the body in a crime that a quarter of a century later is still widely remembered for its grisly details. Today, he is the brains behind an Israeli health-tech startup with the backing of prominent public figures and deep-pocketed investors.

Convicted Killer the Tech Whiz Behind Startup

And it's poised to make millions.

Automaker Explores Spinning Off EV Company

The separate companies could each employ 10,000 workers by next year.

Last month Spirit said that after speaking with financial and legal advisers, its directors believed JetBlue’s offer could “reasonably” turn out to be the better of the two deals. But on Monday, May 2, 2022 the company announced that it was determined that JetBlue's offer “is not reasonably capable of being consummated.'

Rebuffed Twice, JetBlue Goes Hostile in Bid for Spirit

Spirit's board favors Frontier's bid.

President Joe Biden speaks about his infrastructure agenda at the New Hampshire Port Authority, Portsmouth, N.H., April 19, 2022.

Six Months in, 4,300 Infrastructure Projects Underway

More than $110 billion in funding has been announced so far.

For more than two decades, California's Orange County has debated whether to build a seaside plant to convert the Pacific Ocean's salt water into drinking water in hopes of buffering against droughts like the one now gripping the nation's most populous state.

California Nixes Plant, But Says Open to Desalination

Commissioners said the plant would damage marine ecosystems and make water too pricey.

ManTech, which provides national security technology services and software to the U.S. government, posted $2.55 billion in sales last year.

Carlyle Group Acquiring Defense Contractor ManTech for $4.2B

Shares of ManTech jumped more than 15% in premarket trading Monday, to $94.30.

A plane drops fire retardant onto the Coastal Fire Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Nuclear Lab Peers Into Future of Wildfire

Land managers say expansive U.S. national forests can't be thinned by hand and machine alone.

Womenmanufacturing

DOL Announces Funding Opportunity for Women

With the goal of attracting and retaining women in industries where they are underrepresented.

Screen Shot 2022 05 13 At 12 46 56 Pm

Milwaukee Tool Announces $200M Expansion, 1,000 More Jobs

Many of the positions will be in technical and engineering roles.

Production Ramps Up at Lordstown … For Fisker and Foxconn

Lordstown gets its cash, but might provide competitors an assist in the process.

Boeing Fights With Supplier Over Starliner Launch

Not surprisingly, there's a lot of finger pointing over a key component failure.