Elon just keeps on being Elon.
Elon Musk walked back one of the most magnificent pieces of business shade ever thrown, which he made earlier Friday: about engineers who work at Apple only when they've been fired from Tesla.
Alas, Musk disavowed his earlier comments, albeit with lefthand compliments.
Yo, I don't hate Apple. It's a great company with a lot of talented people. I love their products and I'm glad they're doing an EV.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 9, 2015
There's news in that tweet: He also seemed to confirm that Apple has indeed been working on its own electric car.
The tweet came after Musk's comments received widespread attention and was generally regarded as a bold shot at one of America's biggest tech icons.
"[Apple has] hired people we’ve fired. We always jokingly call Apple the 'Tesla Graveyard.' If you don’t make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple. I’m not kidding," Musk said in a recent interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt.
[seealso slug=http://sale-online.click/2015/10/09/elon-musk-tesla-apple%5D%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EMusk also added that cars are much more complex and difficult to manufacture compared to watches and smartphones.
"Did you ever take a look at the Apple Watch?" Musk reportedly asked with a dismissive laugh.
Musk appeared to double down on that comment, saying the Apple Watch isn't particularly "compelling" but that it will be in two or three more iterations. (Translation: back to the drawing board, Apple).
Regarding the watch, Jony & his team created a beautiful design, but the functionality isn't compelling yet. By version 3, it will be.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 9, 2015
Twitter users almost immediately seized on the comments, jumping into what will surely be one of the biggest business beefs of our time.
And I'm glad that we finally have a place to send all of the employees that we think are totally useless... https://t.co/zzTRpeCI3K— katie benner (@ktbenner) October 9, 2015
Whoever was running the Yo app Twitter account felt compelled to comment, eliciting a response from Musk.
@YoApp yo— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 9, 2015