# Could Apple ever compete with Tesla?

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/could-apple-ever-compete-with-tesla/5178>\
**Category:** Tesla Electric Car Forum\
**Created:** [August 3, 2015, 7:10am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/could-apple-ever-compete-with-tesla/5178 "2015-08-03T07:10:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Editor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/49beb7/32.png) [@Editor](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Editor)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 7:10am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/could-apple-ever-compete-with-tesla/5178/1 "2015-08-03T07:10:35Z")

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While Apple continues to dominate the smart phone market, as well as a number of other technology related areas, it seems to be that the first to market is not always the most successful. Apple was not necessarily first to any of the major markets which it now dominates and many experts are beginning to […]

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**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 7:58am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/could-apple-ever-compete-with-tesla/5178/2 "2015-08-03T07:58:01Z")

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TESLA has Elon Musk.

APPLE has tremondus depthnd can , in the long run, do anything it wants to.

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**Author:** ![EvForum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evforum/32/322_2.png) [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/could-apple-ever-compete-with-tesla/5178/3 "2016-02-05T09:52:49Z")

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Elon Musk has been in the press of late playing down the potential threat of an Apple electric car. Despite the fact it is “common knowledge” that Apple is working on its own electric vehicle it seems that Tesla has no concerns.

Is Elon Musk making a mistake in discounting Apple’s future presence in the electric car market?

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**Author:** ![tmark938](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@tmark938](https://community.electricforum.com/u/tmark938)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/could-apple-ever-compete-with-tesla/5178/4 "2016-02-06T02:38:03Z")

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In the world of business surely a battle between Tesla and Apple would be worth a ringside seat 🙂