The outrageous inside story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car--from award-winning Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins

Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley。 To some he's a genius and a visionary; to others he's a mercurial huckster。 Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets; his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids。 But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel， his most audacious vision is the one closest to the ground: the electric car。

When Tesla was founded in the 2000s， electric cars were novelties， trotted out and thrown on the scrap heap by carmakers for more than a century。 But where most onlookers saw only failure， a small band of Silicon Valley engineers and entrepreneurs saw potential。 The gas-guzzling car was in need of disruption; the world was ready for Car 2。0。 So they pitted themselves against the biggest， fiercest business rivals in the world， setting out to make a car that was quicker， sexier， smoother， cleaner than the competition。

But as the saying goes， to make a small fortune in cars， start with a big fortune。 Tesla would undergo a truly hellish fifteen years， beset by rivals， pressured by investors， hobbled by whistleblowers， buoyed by its loyal supporters。 Musk himself would often prove Tesla's worst enemy--his antics more than once took the company he had initially funded largely with his own money to the brink of collapse。 Was he an underdog， an antihero， a conman， or some combination of the three？

Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins had a front-row seat for the drama: the pileups， wrestling for control， meltdowns， and the unlikeliest outcome of all， success。 A story of power， recklessness， struggle， and triumph， Power Play is an exhilarating look at how a team of eccentrics and innovators beat the odds--and changed the future。