I used to follow Jigar's podcast for a bit. He accomplished a lot as an entrepreneur and obviously pretty opinionated. It looks like at one point he went to Elon for advice. Elon being who he was, told him he needed to think bigger and that didn't sit well with Jigar. All this is perhaps 5 or more years ago, when Elon didn't have the credibility he now has with a lot of folks.
Fast forward a few years I rememgber him making not so flattering comments about Tesla's valuation when model 3 was struggling to ramp up.
He was always mildly appreciative of what Elon was doing. In a Bill Gates-ish way. His podcast focused on clean energy and I used to feel he went out of his way to avoid Tesla. Of course a lot of the people he was working with were Tesla Energy competitors and it probably helped.
I do think he's a very good pick for the role, and knows the landscape very well obviously. But I doubt he will go out if his way for Tesla, and I don't think it matters anyways.
Oh, and his ride of choice used to be a e-tron. Haven't kept up with the podcast recently, but perhaps time to catch up.
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