Bill Gates chooses a Porsche Taycan over Tesla and gets disparaged by Elon Musk

In a recent conversation with ted YouTube tech reviewer Marques Brownlee, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates revealed that he had purchased a Porsche Taycan, which happens to be his first-ever EV or electric car. Gates also described  vehicle as a cool one before ackwledging that Tesla is cream of crop when it came to EV cars.

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Bill Gates expresses excitement over his brand new Porsche Taycan

Bill Gates and Marques Brownlee have met previously, and idea for ir latest interview was to have a discussion around Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which marks 20th anniversary of  largest private foundation. However, it did t come as a surprise as conversation touched on change in climate and sustainable transportation.

Marques soon brought up Tesla and asked Bill Gates if, when premium electric cars grow more affordable, y’ll also become more ubiquitous. Bill Gates responded saying that while premium factor is currently re, it will come to zero over next decade. Addressing climate change, Gates called 'passenger cars' segment as one of most hopeful ones, while crediting Tesla for same.

However, it was Bill Gates' excitement about his first new electric car which apparently did t sit well with Elon Musk. Gates opened up about his brand new Porsche Taycan, which is his first electric car. He also called it a very, very cool car and added that he's enjoying it a lot.

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Elon Musk reacts to Bill Gates' decision

Elon Musk  CEO of Tesla, responded to Gate's decision to buy a Porsche instead of a Tesla by calling his conversation with Bill Gates an underwhelming one. This came after an account on Twitter mused about why Bill Gates went for a Porsche Taycan instead of Elon Musk's Tesla.

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