Elon Musk claims he reached out to Tim Cook during Tesla's darkest days to discuss Apple acquiring Tesla, but Cook refused to take the meeting. Tesla is now valued at over $630 billion, making it worth more than Toyota, GM, Daimler, and Fiat-Chrysler combined despite being a fraction of their size.

2. "During the darkest days ..
I reached out to Tim Cook to discuss the
possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla ..
He refused to take the meeting."
- Elon Musk

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Tesla
Toyota
Mercedes-Daimler
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Item 6Fiat-Chrysler
Today Tesla is valued at over $630 billion,
over three times Toyota, the largest car
manufacturer in the world, and almost ten
times more than brands like GM or Daimler.
$630bn
$211bn
$62bn
$60bn
$36bn