PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Apple once refused to meet with Tesla to potentially acquire the electric-vehicle company, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday.
iPhone maker reportedly hard at work on its own electric vehicle

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, left, and Apple CEO Tim Cook: Apple is reportedly designing its own electric vehicle with a "breakthrough" monocell design that Musk calls "electrochemically impossible." © Reuters
PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Apple once refused to meet with Tesla to potentially acquire the electric-vehicle company, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday.