A Porsche is cool and if I had Bill Gates money I’d by one too but I would also
own a Tesla so I could actually drive it somewhere but then Bill probably
doesn’t drive far so it’s not an issue for him. He’s rich but I never put him
on the same smart scale as Elon and Steve.
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> On Feb 26, 2020, at 1:43 AM, evln via EV wrote:
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> https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/18/21142642/bill-gates-elon-musk-electric-vehicles-taycan-tesla-tweets
> Bill Gates bought a Porsche, and then Elon Musk talked trash about him
> Feb 18, 2020 Elizabeth Lopatto
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> [video
> https://youtu.be/FV2tMP37ygs
> Talking Tech and 2020 with Bill Gates!
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> https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1229568241552502784
>Tesletter @tesletter · Feb 17, 2020
>Replying to @tesletter @elonmusk
>I'm disappointed because a lot of people are going to watch the
> interview and they are going to trust Bill's word for it and not even
> consider EVs. Why? Because Bill Gates is a really smart guy!
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>Elon Musk @elonmusk
>My conversations with Gates have been underwhelming tbh
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>6:48 PM - Feb 17, 2020
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> Apparently, the Porsche Taycan prompted Musk’s ire
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> Bill Gates bought an electric car. But while he’s given Tesla credit for
> pushing other carmakers to go electric, it does seem notable that he didn’t
> buy from the company that pushed the innovation. He bought a Porsche Taycan.
>
> Someone alerted Elon Musk to this development, of course. And that got us a
> bitchy tweet from Musk: “My conversations with Gates have been underwhelming
> tbh.” It’s true that Musk likes beef; after all, he’s made cracks about
> Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. (Actually, it seems like
> Musk and Bezos have a lively rivalry going.)
>
> But the Gates fight strikes me as different — precisely because Musk’s
> dismissal of him is so broad. Both Musk and Gates are admirers of Nick
> Bostrom, the Swedish philosopher who has warned in his 2014 book
> Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies that machine intelligence
> could surpass human intelligence. Both men have appeared on The Big Bang
> Theory. Perhaps significantly, though, Musk is frequently compared not to
> Gates, but to Apple’s late CEO, Steve Jobs.
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> The Taycan is also something of a sore spot for Musk, even though it has a
> smaller range than Tesla’s comparable vehicles. But the Taycan Turbo set the
> “four door electric sports car” lap record at Germany’s Nürburgring. (Though
> Musk has suggested on Twitter that the use of “Turbo” by Porsche is a
> misnomer.) And, apparently in response, Musk announced Tesla would run a
> Model S around the track. In November, Musk also picked a fight with Top
> Gear, a TV show that depicted a Taycan beating a Model S in a race.
> [© theverge.com]
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> https://www.fudzilla.com/news/automotive/50319-gates-say-electric-cars-face-major-obstacle
> Gates says electric cars face major obstacle
> 18 February 2020 ... says that many car manufacturers are moving
> "super-fast" to do electric cars. "I just got a Porsche Taycan, which is an
> electric car – and I have to say, well it's a premium price car, but it's
> very, very cool. That's my first electric car, and I'm enjoying it a lot."
> ... (tycan turbo s EV)
> https://www.fudzilla.com/media/k2/items/cache/b339300e7445ca66a22ec7a5c1022163_L.jpg
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> https://newslanded.com/2020/02/20/bill-gates-mkbhd/
> Bill Gates shared his Porsche Taycan experience
> 2020/02/20 Bill Gates also shared his experience with electric cars and
> pointed some of the flaws present in EVs today. The Microsoft co-founder
> Bill Gates has recently ...
> https://newslanded.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/bill-gates-explains-the-main-problem-with-electric-cars-after-buying-one.jpg
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> + ($20 rc Cybertruck)
> https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/21/21147004/hot-wheels-tesla-cybertruck-rc-car-remote-controlled-toy
> Hot Wheels announces a remote-controlled Tesla Cybertruck
> ... on Mattel's website as a “hobby grade-radio-controlled vehicle that is
> ... available to preorder now and will come in two sizes: ... 1:64 scale RC
> Cybertruck ... $20 and ... bigger 1:10 scale ... $400. Both ... ship in
> December 2020 ... limited editions ... only be available until they’re sold
> out ...
> https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66349278/10___GXG31_W_20_Cybertruck_Large_059.5.jpg
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