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"They have hired people we've fired," Musk said. "We always jokingly call Apple the 'Tesla Graveyard.' If you don't make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple. I'm

• arcanus 9y ago
  huh, why not? "If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em!" Only way I can see this getting stopped would be if Musk used his poison pill: threatening to leave if they were acquired.
  • ajmurmann 9y ago
    Totally insane scenario: Apple buys Tesla and Musk runs both. Right now sentiment towards Cook send too positive for this scenario, but as a Apple shareholder I'd like that scenario.
    • jjtheblunt 9y ago
      Except Tesla is not profitable and is heavily in debt, Musk regularly proclaims nonsense to manipulate sources of funding, while Apple is more honest, by far.
      • sidcool 9y ago
        Source?
        • wlfmn 9y ago
          Not the original poster, but i'm guessing they are referring to Tesla including resale price guarantee in sale revenue numbers [1]. You can check out their SEC submissions as well, it's all public. [2] 1. http://www.investopedia.com/news/will-tesla-make-profit-2017-tsla/ http://www.investopedia.com/news/will-tesla-make-profit-2017... 2. https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001318605&owner=exclude&count=40&hidefilings=0 https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&C...
• Analemma_ 9y ago
  If Tesla begins to struggle, which is still very much a possibility, I could see Apple buying them on the cheap, maybe with a term in the deal to snub Musk out of spite. At TSLA's current price, though, no way.
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