No good deed goes unpunished: Gates' kind words about Tesla were thrown back in his face by the mercurial Musk, who instead responded in a derisive manner. — Bloomberg
Bill Gates paid Tesla Inc a compliment for coaxing the car industry to go electric. If he was expecting kind words in return from Elon Musk, he apparently shouldn’t have spoken about challenges that still lie ahead – or about his new Porsche.
Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp, spoke with a YouTube influencer last week about the challenges of reducing emissions to slow climate change. He called the passenger-car industry "one of the most hopeful” sectors taking action in this regard.
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