This is Musk's reply to a Twitter user's comment. The user asked him what he thought of Gates' statement that electric cars were not suitable for long-distance travel. Musk clearly criticized the former richest man in the world.
The cause of the incident can be traced back to August this year. Gates wrote in an article: "When you need to drive short distances, electricity can play a role, but we need a different solution to deal with heavy and long-distance vehicles."
The Microsoft co-founder also said: "Even if there is a major breakthrough in battery technology, electric vehicles may never become a practical solution for products such as 18 unicycle, cargo ship and passenger plane." It can be seen that Gates is not optimistic about electric vehicles as the first choice for a large number of travel tools.
Tesla launched the Seimi electric truck on 20 17, and released the electric pickup truck last year. The former is two years later than the original delivery time of 20 19, and the latter may be delivered next year.
Gates also said that alternative fuels such as biofuel or electric fuel can better and more environmentally provide power for large vehicles such as trucks. He said the battery was too big and heavy to be used at a longer distance.
Gates also praised several automakers that produce all-electric pickups, such as General Motors, Ford, Rivera and Bollinger, but did not mention Tesla, which produces Cybertruck pickups. It seems that Gates doesn't like Tesla very much either.
This is not the first time that these two billionaires have clashed. Earlier, Gates criticized Musk's inaccurate public comments on the COVID-19 epidemic. This seems to have laid a curse for their hostility.
Musk said in February this year that after Microsoft billionaire Gates revealed that the first electric car he bought was not Tesla, but Porsche Taycan, he said angrily that his previous conversation with Gates was "not impressive". It seems that Musk is a man who must take revenge.
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