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"He is the autocrat's autocrat"

Five years ago this month, I accompanied David Kiley out to Bob Lutz's farm to film the exit interview that David was conducting for +Popular Mechanics. As Lutz prepared to retire for the final time +General Motors, he shared some thoughts on some of the people he worked with and came to know during the course of his career. Given, this weekend's news about Ferdinand Piech's departure from the Volkswagen AG supervisory board, I thought I'd share one of the clips that didn't make it into the final cut.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a5791/bob-lutz-exit-interview/


I first heard of Quirky through a short-lived reality competition show on Sundance Channel a few years back

At the time, it seemed like an interesting concept but they were proceeding with some dubious product ideas. I'm frankly surprised the company lasted as long as it did.

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