Elon Musk reportedly wanted to sell Tesla to Google after Apple but gave up

Tesla, which is now at the forefront of the industry in terms of electric vehicles, had a very difficult period, especially during the period of increasing the production capacity of Model 3, Tesla was very difficult and Musk also passed.

After a very difficult period, he later revealed that during that period he also sought to meet with Cook to negotiate Apple’s acquisition of Tesla for $60 billion, but Cook refused to meet with him.

As per the report, Musk wanted to sell Tesla to Google after failing to sell Apple but gave up due to improved performance. The source revealed that before seeking to negotiate a sale with Cook, Musk also negotiated the sale with Google founder Larry Page and almost sold Tesla to Google.

The whistleblower revealed on Musk’s active social media that Musk almost sold Tesla to Google. Judging from the news revealed on social media by the whistleblower, when Tesla was struggling to survive in 2013, Musk negotiated with Google’s then CEO Larry Page about the acquisition.

At that time, Tesla had only enough cash. They consume a few weeks. The source revealed that in the negotiations at the time, Musk asked Google to buy Tesla for US$6 billion and another US$5 billion for factory expansion.

The agreement also included the arrangement of Musk’s position, allowing him at least Operating Tesla for 8 years, or until Tesla can produce a third electric car, there was not much disagreement between the two parties in the negotiations at that time, and the transaction was close to taking place.

The whistleblower also revealed that Tesla was in a difficult situation at the time, mainly because they were unable to convert reservations into sales. Musk also took many measures to reverse Tesla’s disadvantage.

At the same time, they fired executives who did not meet the company’s expectations. Promoted outstanding employees, transferred employees from each part to production, Musk also invested a lot of personal funds to ensure that the price of Model S may reach the average level of the market.

When pushing a large number of employees to production and delivery positions, Musk once told them that if they did not deliver the produced electric cars, Tesla would be finished, so no matter what work they did, the delivery of the car was their new work.

After Musk and Page negotiated the acquisition, about 500 employees focused on delivery issues delivered enough cars in two weeks, and made Tesla profitable for the first time, pushing Tesla’s stock price from 30 US dollars soared to 130 US dollars, Musk also terminated the negotiations with Google.

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