It's been out there quite a bit: http://bgr.com/2017/05/04/elon-musk-tesla-apple-acquisition/ http://bgr.com/2017/05/04/elon-musk-tesla-apple-acquisition/ and

It's been out there quite a bit: http://bgr.com/2017/05/04/elon-musk-tesla-apple-acquisition/ http://bgr.com/2017/05/04/elon-musk-tesla-apple-acquisition/ and More to the point, there have been discussions in the past. Apple apparently started discussions back in 2012.