You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases.

The rumours of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated.

In almost any industry, if you're passionate about doing a great job and making people that buy your product or service as happy as possible, it's really fulfilling.

My opinion is it's a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.

I’m nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible.

It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car.

And we need things in life that are exciting and inspiring. It can't just be about solving some awful problem. There have to be reasons to get up in the morning.