I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.

I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.

Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.

You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.

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.

You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.