Apple recently can not hide its interest in developing a self-governing car - on the roads of California, left three prototypes based on Lexus, equipped with specialized sensors. When the head of Tesla Elona Mask was asked if he considered promising the possibility of cooperation with Apple in this area, he objected that he had no reason to even assume that this "apple" giant had such plans.

One of the experts tried to find out whether Tesla's leader believes Apple to be a potential partner or competitor in this field. Mask found it difficult to answer, saying that he does not know the nature of Apple's intentions in the car segment. There is still no clarity in this matter, he added..

Earlier, the head of Tesla welcomed the possibility of the appearance of Apple Car. Top-manager said that entering the market Apple Car does not frighten businessman.

"In fact, I hope that Apple will enter the automotive market, it would be great," Musk explained.. - Go to LinkedIn and look at the statistics for the past 12 months: Tesla hired about five times more Apple employees than Apple from Tesla ".

Meanwhile, Futurism analysts have suggested that Apple should buy Tesla and make the Mask its CEO. According to experts, at the moment the iPhone maker is experiencing problems with innovation and growth, and Tesla lacks the financial stability of Apple.

The possibility of buying a well-known manufacturer of electric cars by Apple began to speak after Tesla went to conquer the mass market with a "budget" car Model 3. Analysts believe that Apple can "swallow" a company whose capitalization is about $ 47 billion.

In 2015, an entrepreneur, one of the investors of the service for the order of travel Uber Jason Calacanis predicted the sale of Tesla company from Cupertino. In his view, Apple will buy an electric car manufacturer for $ 75 billion.