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There is a transcript on this page http://hedgeaccording.ly/2014/02/elon-musk-to-bloombergtv-we-had-conversations-with-apple-tsla-aapl.html http://hedgeaccordin
by dkasper 13y ago
There is a transcript on this page http://hedgeaccording.ly/2014/02/elon-musk-to-bloombergtv-we-had-conversations-with-apple-tsla-aapl.html http://hedgeaccording.ly/2014/02/elon-musk-to-bloombergtv-we...
- modeless 13y agoThanks! The relevant snippet: LIU: [...] Is there any truth to a possible partnership, merger with Apple? MUSK: Well of course it’s – if – if – if one or more companies had approached us last year about such things, there’s no way we could really comment on that. LIU: Well did you have a conversation with Apple? MUSK: We had conversations with Apple. I can’t comment on whether those revolved around any kind of acquisition. LIU: Are you for sale? If there was a right price, are you for sale? MUSK: I think that’s very unlikely [...]
- zhaphod 13y agoI admire Elon for what he is trying to do. But selling to Apple would be a complete U-turn to what he has said. On many occasions he has mentioned that he won't change ownership of Tesla till the mass market electric vehicle becomes a success. That would be at least 2020 as that would be the time frame when one can say whether Model E is a success or not. I hope he sticks to what he has said.