For someone who’s spent years at the center of public controversy, Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX (SPCX) CEO Elon Musk didn’t seem particularly interested in defending his popularity. Instead, he flipped the question back on the person asking it.
Musk sat down with The Economist Editor-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes for a wide-ranging interview at Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas, where the conversation turned to his growing influence over politics in Europe and why, in Beddoes’ view, some people “loathe” him.
