Elon Musk says within the video from 2009 that he knew Ratan Tata and stated he was a ‘gentleman and a scholar’. (Picture: X/REUTERS)
Elon Musk in a dialog with TV presenter Charlie Rose mentioned Ratan Tata and the well-known Tata Nano.
As India and the world mourns the passing of Ratan Tata, the previous Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate on the worldwide stage with a string of high-profile acquisitions, a video of Tesla CEO Elon Musk praising him has gone viral on social media.
He fulfilled his promise to construct the world’s most cost-effective automotive.– Ratan Tata wished to construct a automotive, which the center class of India may afford and so he delivered on his promise and launched Tata Nano for simply $1,200 (₹1 lakh) in 2008.
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Shared by X consumer Nico Garcia, the video reveals a dialog between the billionaire Musk and TV presenter Charlie Rose. The video from 2009 resurfaced on social media in gentle of Tata’s passing.
The video reveals Rose discussing with Musk Tata’s then bold enterprise, Tata Nano, a automotive launched by the corporate, which might value Rs 1 lakh and might nonetheless be noticed on India’s roads.
“Take for a second Ratan Tata, what he’s doing in India — creating just a little sedan for $2300. The place do you set that in the entire equation of the place the way forward for vehicles is?” Rose requested, as he and Musk had been discussing the way forward for vehicles.
“I feel it’s a good suggestion to have reasonably priced vehicles, however I feel the issue is with one thing just like the Nano … I wouldn’t say it’s an issue as a result of I feel, by the way in which, it’s most likely an amazing thought and Ratan is a gentleman and scholar,” Elon Musk, who additionally owns SpaceX, stated.
He added a notice of warning when he stated: “However the place it’s going to grow to be difficult sooner or later is when the value of gasoline rises; the price of buying the automotive is way much less of a difficulty than the price of operating the automotive”.
The interview has led to feelings of nostalgia as individuals of India mourn the passing of a visionary businessman.