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Elon Musk joked about Apple: you take our waste. And the idea of ​​selling Tesla in Cupertino? – The sun 24 hours

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This article was published on Oct. 9, 2015 at 15:48.

She chose Berlin, the charismatic CEO of Tesla Motors, to take a shot, unfriendly, in the direction of the Apple one day (we are in ‘ scope of speculation) could also come forward to buy one of the stars of Silicon Valley. But first things first.

What Elon Musk said during an interview with the German daily Handelsblatt, making fun of the strategies in the automobile company of Apple and that Cupertino are heading towards several former Tesla engineers? The sound bite is as follows, perfect for a title: “are hiring people laid off from us. Jokingly, we call Apple cemetery Tesla: if you can not do here, go to them. I’m not joking”.

Words are born from the conviction to know much more regarding car? Statements that filter concern for the project self-electric vehicle (Titan, whose first results should be visible between 2019 and 2020) that would raise the giant Californian potential rival Tesla? Or a media crusade aimed to overshadow the ventilated output delays of the new compact SUV Model X and Model 3 scheduled for the end of 2017? Perhaps all these things. The fact is that the rumors that in Cupertino have plans to bring 1,800 working group engaged on Apple car, echoed another rumor hitherto denied, and that is what he sees around 150 specialists with a professional background in society Apple today be at the service of Musk. The same Musk, earlier this year revealed how Apple had offered up to 250 thousand dollars in bonuses to attract employees of Tesla in Cupertino, offer that few (according to him) had accepted. A ballet of accusations and rumors full-blown, in fact.

The South African billionaire, the news is confirmed, you will not be very loving creatures with technology Apple (Watch the last goal ended in his sights ) and in compliance with this philosophy has dubbed Titan as “the next logical step to offer a major breakthrough” and stressed that it was “good that they are investing in this direction.” Not failing however to warn how cars are something “very complex compared to the phones and to smartwatch” and that we can not simply “go to a provider that Foxconn and ask him to build a car.”

The risk that many of Tesla engineers will leave groped by the idea of ​​participating in the development of the “iCar” But there is, as there is also the possibility that Apple may actually groped, soon, climbing to Tesla. Some say that the creature of the wonders of Musk is more fragile than it appears (financially speaking) and that repeated meetings held in recent months with the top management of Cupertino (with Jonhatan Ive propitious occasion was the party for the Oscar ceremony in February of this year) they have not been random, much less useless. The deal at the time, actually seems unlikely for several reasons, not least the historical aversion of Apple for the acquisition of large companies. But the story of the hi-tech that almost nothing is impossible.



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