- Elon Musk and Bill Gates have been feuding over everything from the coronavirus to electric vehicles.
- The two moguls don’t see eye to eye on electric-car technology. Musk has said Gates doesn’t know what he’s talking about, and Gates has said he bought a Porsche electric car over a Tesla.
- Most recently, Gates and Musk have feuded over the coronavirus. Gates called Musk’s comments on the outbreak “outrageous,” and Musk recently described Gates as a “knucklehead.”
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Bill Gates and Elon Musk don’t exactly see eye to eye.
While the Microsoft billionaire and the Tesla and SpaceX titan have never had a particularly cozy relationship, things have heated up over the past six months as the two have openly sparred about everything from electric vehicles to the coronavirus.
The two moguls are among the world’s wealthiest, eclipsed only by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. While their public spats may not always be serious, they do appear to fundamentally disagree about the coronavirus — and as major players in virus treatment and an eventual vaccine to protect against it, their clashes carry even more weight.
Here’s where the friction between Gates and Musk began and everything that’s happened since.
