According to foreign media reports, technology madman Musk tweeted in multiple languages ??on the 14th local time, issuing a "one-on-one" challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin and setting Ukraine as a bet. As soon as this statement came out, it triggered a heated discussion on the Internet. Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechen Republic, suggested that Musk come to Chechnya for training first. More netizens questioned Musk’s motives.

Musk is a person who is extremely unwilling to admit defeat. Every time he rants about others, it is basically because other people's words and deeds involve him or his career. Musk said Bill Gates was boring and didn’t understand anything because he didn’t buy a Tesla but bought a Porsche electric car. Musk said Buffett's moat theory is very stupid because Buffett said he would not invest in companies like Tesla. Musk said Bezos was a plagiarist because Bezos acquired the self-driving star company ZOOX.

Judging from the above, if Musk wants to confront Putin this time, it must be Putin who provokes him. But how could a political leader in Europe offend a technology maniac in America? In fact, it can be seen from the heads-up bets that their focus is on Ukraine. Russia's attack on Ukraine led to two factors closely related to Tesla:

① Energy surge: Because the United States and Western countries did not buy Russian oil and gas energy, energy supply exceeded demand in a short period of time and prices skyrocketed. This has led to many car-buying consumers choosing to buy electric vehicles. As an excellent company in electric vehicles, Tesla's sales have naturally increased. Seeing this, some people will say, this is a good thing, why is Musk still not happy? After reading the next factor, everyone will understand.

②. Nickel prices skyrocketed: also due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the operations of Western financial oligarchs. International nickel metal prices have skyrocketed, soaring from US$50,000/ton in just a few days and breaking through the US$100,000 mark. People in the industry call it "demon nickel rampant." Nickel metal happens to be an important raw material for ternary lithium batteries, and Tesla, as an electric vehicle manufacturer, the most important battery is the ternary lithium battery. This has caused the cost of Tesla cars to rise rapidly, so Tesla has to increase the retail price of its cars.

The above two reasons, one increases Tesla’s sales, and the other increases Tesla’s costs. If Tesla still sells at the original price, it may sell more but still lose more. Although Tesla also followed the price increase in the end, for the sake of sales, it did not dare to increase the price too much like the "demon nickel rampage". Therefore, generally speaking, the Russia-Ukraine conflict is not a good thing for Tesla. This should be why Musk wants to challenge Putin.

Musk, although he has achieved extraordinary things, he often speaks out. He successfully founded Paypal, Space He also produced customized red shorts to mock short-selling institutions. He also once said that he used to be an alien. In fact, he is an out-and-out technology madman and a "talking madman" in the technology world.

Putin, he is a strategist and politician. He straightened out complex political relationships and completely changed Russia's chaotic political situation. His implementation of economic measures to "strengthen the country and enrich the people" not only allowed Russia in difficulty to stabilize its declining economy, but also began a comprehensive recovery. Faced with NATO's increasing pressure, he attacked bravely without fear of hegemony and successfully stabilized the surrounding situation.

From here we can see that Musk and Putin are not at the same level at all, and it is impossible to talk about a duel. Musk proposed a one-on-one challenge, which was actually just a chat.

In summary, Putin’s attack on Ukraine this time has led to a sharp rise in energy prices and nickel prices. The combination of the two makes life difficult for Tesla. And Musk is a technology madman who is extremely unwilling to admit defeat.

Faced with this situation, he started to talk wildly about challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin.