➤ Former Tesla board member Steve Westly joins Rob Maurer to discuss Elon Musk, Tesla, disruption, energy, venture capital, and more

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:45 Westly Group focus
2:50 Disruption of conservative industries
4:44 Finding Tesla
8:44 Becoming a board member
10:44 Tesla’s early / present-day ambition
14:28 Current EV landscape
17:37 Tesla’s growth
20:53 Volkswagen & China
24:08 Ford’s EV Split
28:07 Impacts of autonomy
29:23 Luminar
32:32 Tesla Energy & Solar
36:16 Regulatory policies & California migration
40:00 Early stage interests
44:07 Rob’s promise

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Plaid producer Who Why
Executive producer Jeremy Cooke
Executive producer Troy Cherasaro
Executive producer Andre/Maria Kent
Executive producer Jessie Chimni
Executive producer Michael Pastrone
Executive producer Richard Del Maestro
Executive producer John Beans
Music by Evan Schaeffer

Disclosure: Rob Maurer is long TSLA stock & derivatives