I have a lot of respect for the auto manufacturers. They make a product people live inside - and can die inside - so they are held to very high standards.

You can't have thousands of cars without good computers on the electric grid.

Once you have a mission, you can't go back to having a job.

I get to shift multiple markets. I get to shift economies. It's extremely liberating. I breathe differently.

When you translate a dream into reality, it's never a full implementation. It is easier to dream than to do.

My passions were an intersection between peace in the Middle East and climate change. I know how to understand a technology problem, break it into its components and solve it. I also knew I couldn't make peace solely through technological inventions.