Elon Musk Had a Deal to Sell Tesla to Google in 2013

This article is an excerpt from an upcoming Elon Musk bio.

Earlier in 2013 the company was struggling to turn preorders of its vehicles into actual sales. As Musk put his staff on crisis footing to save Tesla, he also began negotiating a deal to sell the company to Google through his friend Larry Page, the search giant’s co-founder and chief executive officer, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal.

Fascinating read. Especially if you keep in mind all the Apple Car talk of the last 6 months or so and the fact that Musk is said to have met with Apple around the same time.