Elon Musk clarifies he does not hate Apple

BY Smidh

Published 10 Oct 2015

Elon Musk

In an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt yesterday, Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of Space X and lead product architect at Tesla, said that Apple is jokingly referred to as the ‘Tesla Graveyard’ because the company usually hires people that have been fired from Tesla. He also made fun of the Apple Watch in the interview.

Now, not to be misunderstood, Elon Musk has revealed in a couple of tweets that he does not hate Apple and that it is a great company where a lot of talented people work.

As for the dig at the Apple Watch he took in the interview, Musk clarifies that while Jony Ive and his team have managed to create a product with a beautiful design, the functionality of the device is still not good enough. He expects things to improve by the time the third generation Apple Watch is released though.

Musk has in the past said that it would be “great” if Apple launched an electric vehicle and was looking forward to the competition. Apple has also been reportedly poaching employees from Tesla by giving them signing bonuses and higher pay package, and has met with limited success on this front.

[Via MacRumors]