Tesla CEO Elon Musk accused Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates of shorting Tesla. A meeting with Gates was also cancelled.
On April 22, a netizen posted a chat history between Musk and Bill Gates on Twitter. The chat history shows:
Musk asked Gates, "Are you still holding a $500 million Tesla short?" ”
Gates acknowledges that there are indeed still, saying: "I would rather talk about the possibility of philanthropy." ”
Musk responded: "Sorry, when you still have a lot of short Tesla positions, I can't take your philanthropy on climate change seriously, after all, Tesla has done the most to solve climate change." ”
For the chat, Musk said: "It was not me who leaked the chat history to the New York Times, besides, many people know that Gates is bearish on Tesla, which is not a real secret.
Musk then tweeted several times in a row: The Barbarians are at the Gate, a pun on the side of the Gate: "The Barbarians are on the side of gate".
A photo of Bill Gates' belly was popped out again, accompanied by text: In case you need to lose weight quickly, and said that the tweet would be "throttled."
Musk: ESG ratings don't make any sense at all
The follow-up to the matter was that Musk turned on the line mode on Twitter.
Some netizen Brett Winton tweeted that there is nothing wrong with Bill Gates shorting Tesla. Tesla's ESG rating was only average and was rated as "inconsistent" with climate targets. As long as he goes long with the same amount of Shell Oil (ESG rating higher than Tesla), there is no hypocrisy at all. Very good.
Musk said: ESG ratings make no sense. (ESG ratings don't make any sense at all)
Reply to the netizen Pranay Pathole to post the content: Bill Gates preached to solve the problem of climate change, but continued to short Tesla. Tesla is the only company that has made significant progress in tackling climate change and accelerating the emergence of sustainable energy. By shorting Tesla, Gates proved that he didn't care about climate change.
Musk applauded, yeah.
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