Bill Gates made positive comments about Elon Musk’s efforts to combat climate change, and the comments came shortly after Musk accused Gates of having sold Tesla (TSLA).
As we reported earlier, Musk and Gates do not always agree.
Gates had already made some comments about electric trucks like the Tesla Semi not being viable, and Musk has rebutted those comments recently, but he also added that he believes Gates had a big short position at Tesla (TSLA) at some point.
Just a week after making the claim, which was not confirmed by Gates, the billionaire said a few good words about Musk and Tesla.
Gates said when asked about Musk in the To swing podcast:
Well, it’s important to say that what Elon did with Tesla is one of the biggest contributions to climate change that anyone has ever done.
The Microsoft founder also added that people should not underestimate him:
And you know, underestimating Elon is not a good idea.
Did he learn it the hard way by betting against Tesla? We don’t know why Gates did not address Musk’s claim that he sold Tesla.
The podcast may have been recorded before Musk made the statement on Joe Rogan’s podcast last week.
Tesla was sometimes the best-selling share on Nasdaq, and people who bet against the electric carmaker lost $ 38 billion in 2020 alone.
Electrek’s Take
As I stated in the original report on Elon’s claim, I don’t think Gates would be the type of Tesla shorts, but you never know.
He didn’t comment on that, but as I said, this podcast could have been recorded before Elon’s complaint.
It is interesting that he said not to underestimate him, but I would not read much about it.
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