消息称苹果高层曾密会特斯拉CEO 并购传闻再起

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美国旧金山当地媒体披露，苹果公司的并购部门主管德里安·佩里卡(Adrian Perica)曾在去年春天会见了特斯拉汽车首席执行官埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）。

　　新华网2月17日电 据美国科技博客Businessinsider报道，报道称，“两个硅谷巨头间的高层会晤表明，苹果曾对收购特斯拉很感兴趣。”

　　作为苹果的并购部门主管，佩里卡的工作就是负责与其他公司谈判，寻找一切有可能的合作点。但苹果与特斯拉接触并非为了一些“惊天动地”的大手笔收购，而是寻找两公司间可能存在的合作关系，例如在特斯拉汽车的车载娱乐设备中整合iOS系统或者Siri语音助手。

　　此外，网站9to5mac还报道，苹果有意向投资特斯拉新建的电池工厂。报道称，特斯拉公司将在美国建造全球最大的锂电池工厂，其生产规模将达到目前全球锂电池生产量的两倍。显然，苹果公司对该工厂很有兴趣，毕竟苹果的所有产品都配备有电池。

　　译者：张免

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　　Adrian Perica, who orchestrates mergers and acquisitions for Apple, met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk at Apple headquarters last spring, Thomas Lee and David R. Baker of the San Francisco Chronicle report.

　　Lee and Baker write, "such a high-level meeting between the two Silicon Valley giants involving their top dealmakers suggests Apple was very much interested in buying the electric car pioneer."

　　That's probably a stretch.

　　Corporate development executives like Perica are always meeting with senior executives from other companies to discuss everything from potential partnerships to possible joint investments.

　　Rather than some huge, earth-shattering merger, it's more likely the meeting was about how Apple can become a better partner with Tesla. Perhaps by integrating iOS or Siri into the car's sophisticated entertainment/information system in some way.

　　9t05Mac's Seth Weintraub speculates that Apple may want to invest in Tesla's new battery factory.

　　He writes, "Tesla is set to announce a US battery Gigafactory in the coming days that will more than double world-wide lithium-ion battery production. Apple obviously has a huge interest here, as it uses the batteries in all of its products. "

　　That seems more likely.