Former Intel Chair Andy Grove: Energizing the Rollout of Plug-In Cars

Former Intel Chairman Andy Grove has a knack for sensing when circumstances should force changes at a company or an industry — and how to respond. He even has coined a term for it: the “strategic inflection point.” Now the retired chairman of the world’s largest computer chip maker thinks the term applies to energy and transportation, where record-high gasoline and oil prices have spurred interest in alternative energy sources and next-generation vehicles. During the past year and a half, Grove has created his own crash course in electric power and plug-in hybrid vehicles.