Musk was given plenty of opportunities to comment on this. He didn’t. This anecdote comes from Musk’s own account of the conversation, according to people who heard the retelling at the time.
@JamesClayton5
@markgurman
@tim_cook
Cook & I have never spoken or written to each other ever.
There was a point where I requested to meet with Cook to talk about Apple buying Tesla. There were no conditions of acquisition proposed whatsoever.
He refused to meet. Tesla was worth about 6% of today’s value.
Waymo gets its first Jaguar I-Pace. Company says it's begun capturing the vehicle's performance on roads to get data as it prepares to add to driverless fleet in 2020. 👇
Going forward, I'll be reporting on
@Apple
for
@WSJ
. DMs are open; please send tips & ideas. Interests continue to include batteries & cars. My book on
@Tesla
is slated to be published next year by
@doubledaybooks
. Look here for details soon on where to buy.
POWER PLAY is out today. Lots of great debate already. Some have said Tesla fans will love it while some of Tesla’s biggest critics have praised it as well. Elon Musk calls it both false & boring. Today you can decide.
Consumer Reports issues a statement following
@elonmusk
's tweets last night that Tesla would rollout a software update to address concerns raised in CR review about Model 3s' braking 👇
My book about Tesla arrives Aug. 3. It’s called POWER PLAY and tells the story of the rise and fall and rise of Tesla. Please join me on my virtual book tour. Sign up for events here:
NHTSA issues a "cease and desist" order for the aftermarket Autopilot Buddy, which marketed itself as a way to reduce nagging by the Tesla driver assistance system. NHTSA statement: 👇
For years, the biggest cohort of Tesla buyers, politically speaking, has been Democrats. But when Elon Musk took a hard turn last fall, they didn’t follow him.
A phone call from billionaire Mark Cuban helped break an impasse between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and regulators on charges he misled investors in a tweet via
@WSJ
Tomorrow is Tesla’s AI Day, when Elon Musk is expected to discuss “what’s next for AI at Tesla.” In POWER PLAY, I write about the tension within the company surrounding Autopilot, dating as far back as 2016, when Musk made bold public claims about its autonomous capabilities. 1/4
Gran Turismo video game producer Kazunori Yamauchi tonight at Stanford details plans to create machine learning API for AI drivers league; he imagines races to see which AI system is the fastest, most impressive.
#opengaragetalk
Volkswagen will invest $1.7 billion in a self-driving car venture with Ford as auto makers seek to share the huge costs of developing self-driving cars. via
@WSJ
Billionaire entrepreneur
@elonmusk
, unhappy with press coverage of Tesla, vows to begin a rating-website of journalists. Wants to name it after what once was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 👇
Going to create a site where the public can rate the core truth of any article & track the credibility score over time of each journalist, editor & publication. Thinking of calling it Pravda …
Huge win for
@Automotive_News
. And a big congrats to
@MittenHawk
, who has already helped shape coverage of the biggest automotive stories of this generation through his thoughtful editing & mentoring.
Yes, it's true, I'll be taking my talents to Eastern Market: I'm going to
@Automotive_News
as chief content officer. I get to join a great team full of old friends and new colleagues.
Special thanks to
@goblue_nussel
and
@jasonstein
for making it happen.
“We are seeing some pockets of softness here and there,” Apple Chief Exectuvive Tim Cook said in an interview. “But in the aggregate, we expect revenue to accelerate in the September quarter as compared to the June year-over-year performance.” via
@WSJ
Tesla tells California it didn't test any autonomous vehicles on public roads in the state last year. Says it conducts testing via simulation, labs and test tracks as well as public roads "in various locations around the world." Also has "shadow-mode."
That time Mercedes revealed a new SUV in a Detroit ruin with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who gave CEO Dieter Zetsche a cowboy hat, and they celebrated with trays of schnapps for the crowd.
#NAIAS18
From last night: Elon Musk said his tweets will be reviewed by Tesla only if they have potential to move stock prices. “Otherwise, it’s ‘Hello, First Amendment.’” via
@WSJ
.
@RebelCarChick
on asking for her Tesla Model 3 deposit back: "I think I'm going to pay off my 30 year mortgage faster than they'll produce those 400,000 cars."
A look inside the personal finances of Elon Musk, who sometimes appears a cash-poor billionaire, and his plans to sell off houses and most possessions.
Ford says the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into how the auto maker certifies vehicles to meet U.S. emissions standard via
@WSJ
Ford’s investment in the startup comes as auto makers look to EVs and hybrids to help them meet tougher global regulations on tailpipe emissions. via
@WSJ
NTSB says it's sending a technical specialist to observe Tesla's examination of
@marycmccormack
's husband's Model S following last week's fire. Statement 👇