Earon Mask talks about the past when Apple offered to buy Tesla. “I didn’t know you” – Japanese version in English

Earon Musk, CEO of Tesla, a major American electric vehicle (EV) company, revealed on Twitter that he once asked Apple to acquire Tesla.

According to a tweet on the 23rd (US local time), when the Model 3 program was the worst, Apple CEO Tim Cook tried to discuss the possibility of Apple buying Tesla (currently one-tenth of the value). Heard I contacted you. But Cook says he did not meet.

During the darkest days of the Model 3 show, I reached out to Tim Cook to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla (for 1/10 of our current value). He refused to participate in the meeting.

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 22, 2020

The reason Musk suddenly started such a flashback story may be that Tesla shares fell rapidly due to a series of rumors of a (provisional) Apple car that Apple is independently developing. Before this tweet, Reuters reported that Apple cars may adopt “innovative battery technology”, such as single cell batteries, and start production in 2024 at the earliest.

In another tweet, Musk commented that these rumors about the Apple car were “true and strange” and that the single-cell design was “electrochemically impossible.”

Strange, if true.

– Tesla already uses iron phosphate for mid-range cars made in our Shanghai factory.

– A single cell is electrochemically impossible, as the maximum voltage is ~ 100X too low. Perhaps they were referring to cells linked together, like our structural battery?

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 22, 2020

Ever since Apple began working on the “Project Titan” self-driving technology project, it has been known to have been in conflict with Tesla and is separating engineers from each other. In August 2018, Mr. Doug Field, who was Tesla’s technical manager, was welcomed to Apple, but Mr. Kataya Musk called Apple a “graveyard of former Tesla employees” (changed to Apple if unable do at Tesla) I was calling him.

Analysts at major financial institution Morgan Stanley have argued that high-tech giants like Apple will be “much tougher” competitors to Tesla than existing automakers. Musk may have begun to realize that Apple’s EV technology, which has never been applied to teeth, could pose a huge threat.

Source:Elon Musk (Twitter)

Via: MacRumors