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becomes truly disruptive when adoption becomes more widespread, it improves in quality, and
finally reaches a tipping point with established market leaders waking up one day to realize that
their market share has slipped away and there is no way to get it back. Examples of disruptive in-
novation include the digital camera, mini-mills, personal computers, peer-to-peer business models
such as AirBnB and Zoppa. However, the biggest disrupter to hit the auto industry over the next
decade is the Electric Car.
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