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CTOnews.com November 28 news, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates do not agree on many things. Gates once shorted Tesla stock, while Musk laughed at Gates online many times. The two billionaires also disagree on one specific thing-long-distance electric trucks.

Back in 2020, Gates wrote a wide-ranging blog post outlining his position on the next generation of transportation. Gates supports electric cars in his article, but he says he doesn't think batteries are a viable solution for heavy vehicles, including class 8 trucks like Tesla Semi. According to Gates, cheap biofuels are the direction of large vehicles such as 18-wheeled trucks.

"the problem is that the battery is big and heavy," Bill Gates said. the more weight you try to move, the more batteries you need to power the car. but the more batteries you use, the more weight you gain-the more power you need. "

"even if there is a big breakthrough in battery technology, electric vehicles may never be practical solutions like 18-wheeled trucks, freighters and passenger planes." "electricity is possible when you need to cover short distances, but for heavy, long-distance vehicles, we need a different solution," Gates wrote. "

Elon Musk later responded to Gates' criticism, saying that the Microsoft co-founder "knows nothing". Tesla Semi delivery is approaching, and Musk said on Twitter yesterday that Gates could personally open Tesla Semi if he wanted to.

Tesla Semi is one of the company's most questioned vehicles. After the launch of the car, Martin Dom, chairman of the management committee of Daimler truck, joked that if Tesla met the target specifications of Semi, the car would actually break the laws of physics.

CTOnews.com learned that Tesla's Semi will be delivered on December 1, and Mr Musk posted on social media yesterday that Tesla's team had just driven a 81000-pound (36774 kg) Tesla Semi to cover a range of 500miles (more than 800km).

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