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.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2020, at 1:43 AM, evln via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > > [video > https://youtu.be/FV2tMP37ygs > Talking Tech and 2020 with Bill Gates! > > > share > 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! > > Elon Musk @elonmusk > My conversations with Gates have been underwhelming tbh > 8,130 > 6:48 PM - Feb 17, 2020 > ] > > Apparently, the Porsche Taycan prompted Musk’s ire > > 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. > > 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] > > > 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 > > > 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 > > > + ($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 > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts view: > http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > https://mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
