While he's taking a break, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick should study Elon Musk (TSLA)

Reuters/Staff You can easily make the argument that Tesla is the hottest company of the post-financial-crisis period. A surging stock price at the beginning of 2017 and a market cap bigger than Ford, GM, and BMW has helped that case, but even before the finances were turbocharged, the Tesla story was compelling. But Tesla is 13 years old. Everyone wants to keep the plot fresh, and to satisfy that craving, for the past few years we've had Uber and its $70-billion valuation — more than Tesla's b...