Is NOW The Time For Google To Swoop In And Buy Tesla?

When Facebook acquired WhatsApp last week for $19 billion, it set itself apart from earlier generation technology leaders like Apple  and Microsoft. Facebook has decided that it wants to own the social space now, as well as in the future, and is willing to pay an ostensibly high price to ensure owning rising players who may one day challenge them.

By contrast, Apple and Microsoft believed they could catch up and surpass new entrants (and were both often, but not always, correct) and therefore rarely paid a premium for acquisitions. We will return to this theme in a future blog post by speculating who Microsoft could buy to help ensure more control over its domain going forward.

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MBCLS07 - 3/10/2014 12:59:32 PM

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No. I prefer not to have to sign in to a gmail account in order to start my car only to be served up Gas X ads on my touchscreen every time I fart in the car. Or have my GPS data revealing my frequent stops in the fast food drive thru mysteriously appear in my electronic medical records.

I Plan to make my next car purchase a Tesla, but certainly not if they are acquired by Google.

vdiv - 3/10/2014 3:49:29 PM

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Google already does all of that without buying Tesla Motors and all of the risks associated with it. Tesla is not for sale and a hostile TO would hurt too much.

So feel free to emit noxious gases at frequent stops even if your car doesn't. ;)

MorePower - 3/10/2014 4:55:56 PM

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The only reason for him to sell would be to get a seat on the board of the company that would buy Tesla.