➤ 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