“Maybe they meant cells bonded together, like our structural battery pack?” The report also mentioned the possibility of Apple adding LiDAR sensors to the vehicle. If you’ve been following Musk for a while, you’ll also know he has called LiDAR a “fool’s errand.” Musk said.
During the darkest days of the Model 3 program, I reached out to Tim Cook to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla (for 1/10 of our current value). He refused to take the meeting.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 22, 2020
In 2018, Musk decided to sell his company to Apple because the car business was hell and Tesla was a month away from bankruptcy while working on model 3.
During that year, Apple hired Tesla engineering chief Doug Field. The electric car manufacturer commented, “Tesla is the hard path. We have 100 times less money than Apple, so of course, they can afford to pay more. We are in extremely difficult battles against entrenched auto companies that make 100 times more cars than we did last year, so of course, this is very hard work.”
