Current Events > Elon Musk says Apple refused a meeting to acquire Tesla at 1/10 current value

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https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/22/22195959/elon-musk-tesla-tim-cook-apple-sale-meeting-acquisition-refused

Elon Musk said Tuesday that he wanted to sell Tesla to Apple during the darkest days of the Model 3 rollout but that CEO Tim Cook refused to take the meeting. Musk dished about the proffer in response to a tweet about how Apple has reportedly reignited its desire to make and sell an electric, autonomous vehicle. He noted that Tesla was worth about one-tenth then what it is now, as the electric vehicle company rounds out a remarkable year where a meteoric stock price run turned it into the most valuable automaker on the planet. Of course, in 2017 Tesla was still hemorrhaging money and had not yet produced an electric vehicle at high volume. Musk has previously said that Tesla was single-digit weeks away from collapse in 2017 as he directed all of the companys resources toward ramping up production of the Model 3 sedan. Tesla ultimately survived, and has since gone on to roll out the Model Y SUV and announce new vehicles like the Cybertruck.

Apple has spent the last half-decade toying with an entry into the worlds of electric and self-driving cars, but up until this week was thought to be focused on developing software and other technologies that could be sold to other companies. But on Monday, Reuters reported that the Silicon Valley giant has retrained its focus on making an electric, autonomous car for general consumers. One of the reasons Apple reportedly changed directions again is that it has made progress on a potential breakthrough with regards to the battery. According to Reuters, Apple has been developing a lithium iron phosphate battery that can be packaged more tightly in the cars battery pack, cutting down on weight while increasing the potential energy density. Musk pointed out on Twitter on Tuesday that Tesla is already using iron phosphate batteries in some of the cars its making in China. Strange, if true, he wrote. Tesla and Apple have swapped a lot of talent over the last decade. When rumors of an Apple car first emerged in 2015, Musk joked that Apple was a Tesla graveyard. If you dont make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple. Im not kidding, he said. Musk said at the time that an electric car was the next logical thing for Cook and Apple to work on.

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If I had to guess, I don't think vehicle manufacturing is something Apple wants to go into.

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ah yes Elon 'wanna save kids and be white? You're a pedo' Musk is someone who is always telling the truth.
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cuh posted...

Actually...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-autos-exclusive-idUSKBN28V2PY

Well I'll be damned

Maybe they wanted to build their own from the ground up instead of just acquiring Tesla then. I have no idea.

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I feel like it's smart for Apple to do this because they are extremely capable of delivering products that say what they will do and NOTHING more. Apple could probably do what Tesla does and streamline it so Siri actually winds up on some Cortana shit on your dashboard lol

I can even see Apple saying 'let's get rid of the steering wheel! yeah!! :D' and making it happen >_>

They don't really need to front what would be otherwise some subsidiary company (at least at the time) compared to them when the whole schpiel is about having APPLE be the thing you see

FrankJaegr posted...

I feel like it's smart for Apple to do this because they are extremely capable of delivering products that say what they will do and NOTHING more. Apple could probably do what Tesla does and streamline it so Siri actually winds up on some Cortana shit on your dashboard lol

I can even see Apple saying 'let's get rid of the steering wheel! yeah!! :D' and making it happen >_>

That would be amazing. Hey Siri, drive me to work
and then I sit in the back seat while my apple car self drives itself

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Rika_Furude posted...

That would be amazing. Hey Siri, drive me to work
and then I sit in the back seat while my apple car self drives itself

"Did you say, drive me off a cliff?"
"No."
"Driving off cliff."

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Rika_Furude posted...

That would be amazing. Hey Siri, drive me to work
and then I sit in the back seat while my apple car self drives itself

I can see Apple making 'The Apple' house

It's completely white and you can have Siri set the stove to 400 while a second Siri drives itself to some special drive thru Whole Foods to pick up groceries

Betcha it'd work too lol

BeyondWalls posted...

"Did you say, drive me off a cliff?"
"No."
"Driving off cliff."

alright, nevermind lmao