Just chill, anonymous butthurt BMW-insider guy.
As we were saying the other day, some dude at BMW is cranky and claimed Elon was using his employer for PR purposes, citing a mention during a Der Spiegel interview of informal discussions Tesla had held with people from the the German automaker. In response to an article written about the situation by the folks over at Transport Evolved, Tesla spokesperson Liz Jarvis-Shean sent the following statement to clarify the situation,
“The story is pretty straightforward. Elon was asked a question by Der Spiegel, he answered it honestly and frankly, and the reporters wrote down the answer. Everything beyond Elon’s offhand remarks was speculation, and I’m sorry to say that the reports do not reflect the true nature of the events. Good for headlines, bad for accuracy. Not only did Elon not “talk up a partnership” with BMW, we actively sought to squash any such rumors the moment they surfaced. Elon respects BMW as a company and we have talked informally about many things, but at no point did he claim there was any partnership or serious discussions.”
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