Interview: Former Tesla Board Member Steve Westly (03.11.22)

➤ 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 Westly Group: https://westlygroup.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/teslapodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tesladailypodcast Tesla Referral: https://ts.la/robert47283 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