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Tesla is hyped, 'grossly overvalued': Bob Lutz

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a nice guy who doesn't know how to run a car company, says Bob Lutz, former vice chairman of General Motors.

Tesla Motors (TSLA) is all hype and CEO Elon Musk was right to say the electric car maker's stock is "kind of high right now," former General Motors (GM) Chairman Bob Lutz told CNBC on Wednesday.

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Tesla's chief made the comment on Sept. 5, when the stock was trading at around $286 a share, in response to a question from CNBC during a news conference in Carson City, Nevada .