Bill? Why was the first electric car in Gates' life Porsche instead of Tesla?

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Tesla, the upstart electric car, has become a strong challenger to traditional luxury brand cars, but not everyone buys Tesla's account. Bill, once the richest man in the world? Gates gave Tesla a "good man card".

A few days ago, Bill? Gates said in an interview program that Tesla is a leader in promoting the electric vehicle industry, but he just bought a Porsche Taycan, which is the first electric vehicle he bought.

When talking about new cars, Bill? Gates "spit" is very expensive: "the premium is high", but he is still full of joy and can't help laughing: "It's cool, I like it very much." .

Bill? Why did Gates turn to Porsche's electric car while boasting that Tesla was a upstart electric car? What's behind this? The reason is worthy of outside scrutiny. In the talk show above, Bill? Gates did not further explain the real reason for choosing Porsche instead of Tesla.

Obviously, it's not about money. For Bill, once the richest man in the world and "not bad money"? Gates, not to mention buying electric cars, it is not a problem to buy all the electric cars of luxury brands such as Tesla, Porsche and Jaguar. Moreover, the price of Tesla is "dwarfed" in front of a Porsche Taycan.

Some netizens said that there is nothing over-interpreted at all, just one, Bill? Gates has always been a big fan of Porsche. The media publicly reported that in the choice of cars, Bill? Gates prefers Porsche: there are 1999 Porsche 9 1 1 convertible version and 1988 Porsche 959, which has only 230 vehicles in the world.

Usually Bill? Gates drives a Porsche 9 1 1, but his favorite is the Porsche 959, and he didn't go on the road until the president specifically approved it. This car has been banned from driving in California because its emissions are not up to standard and there is no collision safety certificate. It was not until nearly 10 years after the ban was issued that President Clinton personally issued a federal decree allowing Gates to legally drive the old Porsche 959.

Even if you are so keen on Porsche, you praise Tesla's bill on TV? Gates, why don't you even give me a chance to "taste early"?

A sister boldly speculates that, just like a beautiful young lady or younger brother who dominates the marriage and love market, she always likes to send "good friend cards" to suitors. Behind well-intentioned rejections such as "you are very kind, but we are not suitable", there are often real reasons such as being too ugly, too poor and unreliable.

By the same token, Bill Gates, who wants to buy a lot of electric cars, chose Porsche instead of Tesla. There are probably many cold reasons behind it. However, in front of hundreds of millions of TV viewers, Bill, who is the "man"? Gates doesn't have to embarrass Tesla and its founder Musk.

Sister Yi dares to speculate, Bill? In addition to his public status as a Porsche iron powder, Gates may not choose Tesla as an early adopter for the following reasons:

The first is the safety factor. Tesla, as a upstart of electric vehicles, has risen rapidly in the automobile industry, mainly due to its avant-garde technology. However, in terms of the most important and basic condition of automobiles-safety, Tesla has always been unreliable.

February 9, a Tesla model? There was a collision during the test drive in Shenzhen, and the front face of the vehicle was seriously deformed. Fortunately, there were no casualties. According to media reports, models? The acceleration of 100 kilometers is only 3.5 seconds, and excessive acceleration may be the main cause of the accident.

It's hard to say clearly, this is Tesla's first collision accident in the world. Compared with the collision and spontaneous combustion accidents caused by the failure of automatic driving system and battery system, the collision problem caused by excessive acceleration can only be considered as a drop in the bucket.

65438+ 10 month 18, American Preston model? Fire broke out after the collision and the driver died. Although the cause of the accident is still under investigation, it is uncertain whether the accident was caused by the driver's speeding or the automatic driving system. Tesla's Autopilot (automatic assisted driving function) is definitely unsafe.

According to media statistics, from the beginning of 20 16 to August of 20 19, there were 25 major accidents in Tesla publicly reported in the world, resulting in 8 deaths. Among them, there are fires 12, which is close to half of the total. There were at least 15 accidents related to autonomous driving, and 4 accidents resulted in death.

Although under the current technical conditions, spontaneous combustion seems to be an unavoidable problem for electric vehicles, it is not always the level of Tesla. The Leaf pure electric vehicle launched by Nissan, a pioneer of electric vehicles in traditional car enterprises, has sold 4,654,380+0.5 million vehicles worldwide in 9 years, keeping a record of zero accidents and zero spontaneous combustion.

Rich people who are "radical" are willing to pay for Tesla's technical avant-garde, ignoring its defects in safety, reliability and quality design, and even "die-hard fans" still recognize it after the collision and think that its safety has withstood the test. Naturally, there are also cautious rich people who are unwilling to be human flesh testers of electric vehicles.

The second is the product force factor. Tesla was once famous as a revolutionary who redefined cars and traditional luxury brands, but when traditional luxury brands launched electric cars, they still showed the work style of "your uncle or your uncle".

Take the Porsche Taycan, which started with Bill Gates, as an example. It is called Tesla's "sniper" by many professional automobile media.

Porsche Taycan, officially launched in September last year, * * * has two models, Taycan? Turbocharged? S and Taycan? Turbocharging, the price range is 149.8- 1.798 million yuan. In terms of batteries, both cars use 93kWh square lithium battery packs, and the NEDC cruising range exceeds 465km. In terms of charging, Taycan is the first mass-produced car with a system voltage of 800V V, which supports fast charging. It takes only 22.5 minutes to charge from 5% to 80%, and it can travel 100 km after charging for more than 5 minutes.

In addition, Porsche Taycan's self-driving has reached L4 level, with 5 large screens. On the sense of science and technology, stronger than Tesla models? S is better.

Although in terms of cruising range, a model with a cruising range of nearly 600 kilometers? S still has obvious advantages in front of Porsche Taycan, but in terms of automatic driving, 100 km acceleration and fast charging, Porsche Taycan, a latecomer, has more advantages. Judging from the shape and interior design of the vehicle, Porsche, which has many years of luxury car experience, is the Tesla with the strength to crush the "technical simplicity" style.

Third, different ideas. Just as the older generation often thinks that the younger generation is too aggressive and unreliable, Bill Gates, as a technology tycoon of the previous generation, does not seem to be optimistic about the upstart like Musk, and thinks it is crazy.

Last year, Bill Gates said in an interview with the media that he was optimistic about electric cars and thought that electric cars and self-driving cars would become great things, but he was not optimistic about Musk's super high-speed rail (? Hyperloop？ One? ) Project: "I'm not sure whether the concept of super high-speed rail makes sense. It is very difficult to make it safe. "

For a long time, Musk, a "technical madman", and the projects he initiated have been faced with "too crazy and unrealistic" criticism and questioning. In contrast, Tesla electric vehicles have always been considered as the most grounded and realistic project.

Even so, many cautious tycoons like Bill Gates voted against it. And safety is probably the primary factor for these rich people to reject Tesla.

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