SolarCity's Lyndon Rive - His Vision for the Bay Area?

According to the New York Times, Lyndon Rive was born in South Africa around 1977. He first came to the state of California in 1998 to compete in his favorite sport - underwater hockey. He eventually decided that California is the place to go as Santa Clara County is home to the Silicon Valley.

From there, the article to me does not question about his vision for SolarCity - instead, the article rather questions about his Bay Area, and what he likes best about the entire Bay Area. Both the Rive brothers, Lyndon and Peter, certainly likes technology, which is perhaps one possible reason why the Bay Area is special to them.

The second thing that could be on their mind is the weather - California has plenty of sunny days during the summer with no rain in the forecast. South Africa also has a similar climate like California, but with December summers and June winters.

Besides just SolarCity itself, another possible reason for why the Bay Area is the Rives' favorite destination is the location and contribution to knowing to solve air pollution problems. Both of the Rive' brothers are aware of the growing traffic problems in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties, where traffic has been increasing. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), Caltrain, SamTrans, and San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency (SFMTA) have been trying to improve their bus and rail infrastructure for many years to reduce the use of foreign oil, which seems to be SolarCity's mission and somewhat part of Rives' main vision for SolarCIty.

The Rive' brothers and their cousin, Elon Musk, who also is part of Tesla Motors, has a strong relationship between Tesla and SolarCity.

However, given that many articles seem to address the reasons behind Lyndon Rive's move to the Bay Area from South Africa, the public, including myself, won't actually know what the true reasons of why the Rive brothers chose the Bay Area besides just their vision for SolarCity.

NOTE: The above picture is a flyer given out to people addressing why SolarCity is proclaimed to be the top full service solar provider. Trademarks shown in the picture (including the flyer in the picture) belong to the respective owners.

Original Work: Kyle Chak
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