Yahoo Autos Elon Musk: Apple's Rumored Car Is an 'Open Secret'
In a recent interview with the BBC, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that Apple making a car was essentially an "open secret." His response came after he was asked if he was worried about new competition such as Apple. Musk characteristically replied that he was not and that he has always viewed Tesla as an accelerant to getting more electric vehicles on the road.
"I encourage more participation by whoever it is to create electric vehicles," Musk said. "It's quite hard to do, but I think companies like Apple will probably make a compelling electric car. It seems like the obvious thing to do."
When asked if he thought Apple was building a car, Musk didn't even flinch. "Well it's pretty hard to hide something if you hire over 1000 engineers to do it," he said.
We know Apple has been on an engineer hiring spree, but so far no one from Silicon Valley has quite confirmed what everyone has long suspected as bluntly as Musk. This also comes after Apple made waves earlier this week when news broke that the company had bought up a bunch of web domain names, including Apple.car, Apple.cars, and Apple.auto.
