# Poll: Apple and Tesla Merger Good Or Bad For EV Market?

**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/poll-apple-and-tesla-merger-good-or-bad-for-ev-market/5177
**Category:** EV Small Talk
**Created:** [August 3, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/poll-apple-and-tesla-merger-good-or-bad-for-ev-market/5177 "2015-08-03T06:54:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### 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: [August 3, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/poll-apple-and-tesla-merger-good-or-bad-for-ev-market/5177/1 "2015-08-03T06:54:02Z")

</div>

There have been rumours in the past of an Apple/Tesla merger. While it looks unlikely in the short term at least (now Apple is taking to BMW), do you think a merger of Apple and Tesla would be good or bad for the EV industry?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### 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, 8:03am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/poll-apple-and-tesla-merger-good-or-bad-for-ev-market/5177/2 "2015-08-03T08:03:41Z")

</div>

TESLA has Elon Musk.

APPLE has tremendous depth and can , in the long run, do anything it wants to do.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Greendriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Greendriver](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Greendriver)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/poll-apple-and-tesla-merger-good-or-bad-for-ev-market/5177/3 "2015-08-03T08:13:17Z")

</div>

Once Elon Musk goes Tesla will be rudderless and ripe for a takeover. Not sure merging with Apple would be best for the industry?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Blast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Blast](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Blast)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/poll-apple-and-tesla-merger-good-or-bad-for-ev-market/5177/4 "2015-08-10T01:15:25Z")

</div>

Tesla and Elon Musk will!
