Earlier this week, Elon Musk tweeted out stating that he had planned on selling Tesla to Apple, during its “darkest days” back when the Model 3 rolled out. However, Apple CEO, Tim Cook, “refused” to take the meeting regarding the acquisition.

Apple

The Twitter post from the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO arrived after reports surfaced that the Cupertino based giant is working on its own electric vehicle. For those unaware, numerous rumors have recently surfaced regarding the Apple Car, which is the company’s self developed the electric and autonomous vehicle. Elon Musk said that Tesla was then worth one tenth of its value now. The electric vehicle brand has seen a rather successful year, with its stock prices shooting up and making it the most valuable automobile maker in the world.

Editor’s Pick: Honor Mall will launch in January 2021; Will offer HONOR-branded products and services

Back in 2017, Elon Musk had considered selling off Tesla after facing ‘production hell.’ The company was bleeding money and had yet to produce an electric vehicle available for mass production. During this time, Musk said that the brand was just “single digit weeks” away from completely collapsing, as he directed all of the company’s resources towards ramping up production of the Model 3 sedan. We now know how the story goes as Tesla has not just survived, but also thrived with the brand launching new models since then.

The iPhone maker has been toying with the idea of launching its own electric car for a while now. While it was known that the company had focused on developing and selling its technologies to other companies, a recent report had revealed that Apple is still working on its own electric self driving car. This report talked about the potential breakthrough in battery technology, which would be lighter while also increasing its energy density.

UP NEXT: Huawei Nova 8 full specifications leaked through China Telecom listing before the announcement

 

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR