At the annual meeting of shareholders of Apple investors asked the head of Tim Cook to buy the producer of electric Tesla. It is reported by The Verge citing sources close to Apple.
According to the newspaper, Apple CEO replied that corporations have no relationship with Tesla, although he would be happy to electric vehicles the company used technology CarPlay. "I would not mind if Tesla used in their cars CarPlay, and, most likely, it will do so" - said Cook.
Then the CEO said investors have enough gracefully he left the direct answer to the question posed His words calmed the audience. One shareholder said he had a comparable excitement in two situations: when made an advance payment for the first Mac in 1984, when he bought Tesla Model S. Tim Cook remained adamant, again pointing to the fact that the company is currently focused on developing its own automotive technology CarPlay.
Some analysts believe that questions about buying Tesla were made in order to ensure that the intention of Apple to create their own car. Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Californian giant commissioned several hundred employees to work towards developing an electric vehicle project Titan.
In any case, even if the rumors of your own car is not confirmed, the company can easily buy Tesla: the automaker is worth $ 24.3 billion, while Apple has available $ 178 billion.
In February, an entrepreneur, an investor service by request trips Uber and former general manager of Netscape Jason Calacanis predicted the imminent sale Tesla company from Cupertino. In his opinion, Apple buys maker of electric cars in 18 months - for $ 75 billion.