Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk’s recent comments to a German newspaper — suggesting that Apple is the “Tesla graveyard” due to its hiring of fired Tesla employees — has struck some nerves in the U.S. Musk dismissed claims that Apple had poached staff, telling the paper that those who couldn’t cut it at Tesla would go to work for Apple instead — and he added that he wasn’t kidding. Musk added that he didn’t take Apple seriously as a competitor in the automobile market. Cars are much more complex than smartphones or smartwatches, he pointed out.
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Musk Draws Barbs for Mean-Spirited Dig at Apple
Posted by: Peter Suciu October 9, 2015 01:24 PMTesla Motors CEO Elon Musk’s recent comments to a German newspaper — suggesting that Apple is the “Tesla graveyard” due to its hiring of fired Tesla employees — has struck some nerves in the U.S. Musk dismissed claims that Apple had poached staff, telling the paper that those who couldn’t cut it at Tesla would go to work for Apple instead — and he added that he wasn’t kidding. Musk added that he didn’t take Apple seriously as a competitor in the automobile market. Cars are much more complex than smartphones or smartwatches, he pointed out.