Tesla CEO Yilong·masike (Elon Musk) Code Conference on Science and technology, said the company's potential competitors are not Google but Apple.

Tesla through recent software upgrades for the company car auto cruise function. Tesla Motors is currently start at $ 80,000, recent Model 3 starts at just $ 35,000, deposit $ 1000, date of sale capacity of 400,000 vehicles.

Google testing self-driving cars, but musk don't think Google is going to enter the automotive industry. "Google is not a car company," he said, "they'll external authorization. ”

Meanwhile, although Apple has not yet publicly announced into the auto industry, but has been heavily recruiting engineers. Musk also apparently Apple are expected to join the driverless car battle.

Musk believes that Apple "will become Tesla's direct competitors." He predicts that Apple will be in 2020, production cars, but it may be too late. "They should be more early production cars, or you'll miss the opportunity . ”

Site audience asked Thomas grams, if Model 3 is a driverless car. He said, the company published the answers on the activities to be held in the autumn of this year, "we will do the obvious thing. ”

Both as private aerospace firm SpaceX CEO because at the same time, he also referred to his passion for space exploration and Mars.

He said SpaceX of the Mars exploration program will be launched in 2018, if everything goes as planned, he predicts that humans will begin in 2014 on a trip to Mars, in 2025 and to Mars.

Musk himself did not enter a space, but he has said he would like on Mars. "If you have the opportunity to choose their place of death, Mars might be a good choice. Born in the Earth, died on Mars. "He said.

特斯拉CEO伊隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)在Code科技大会上表示，该公司的潜在竞争对手并非谷歌，而是苹果。

特斯拉通过最近的软件升级为该公司的汽车提供自动巡航功能。特斯拉汽车目前起价8万美元，最近发布的Model 3起价仅为3.5万美元，定金1000美元，迄今为止的预售量达到40万辆。

谷歌也在测试无人驾驶汽车，但马斯克不认为谷歌会进军汽车行业。“谷歌不是一家汽车公司，”他说，“他们会对外授权技术。”

与此同时，虽然苹果尚未公开宣布进军汽车行业，但一直在大举招募工程师。马斯克显然也预计苹果将加入无人驾驶汽车大战。

马斯克认为，苹果“将成为特斯拉的直接竞争对手”。他预计，苹果将于2020年生产汽车，但届时可能为时已晚。“他们应该更早一些生产汽车，否则会错过机会。”

现场有观众询问马斯克，Model 3是否会是无人驾驶汽车。他表示，该公司将在今年秋天举行的活动上公布答案，“我们会做显而易见的事情。”

由于同时身兼民营宇航公司SpaceX的CEO，他也提到了自己对火星和太空探索的激情。

他表示，SpaceX的火星探索计划将于2018年启动，如果一切按计划进行，他预计，人类将从2014年开始踏上火星之旅，并在2025年到达火星。

马斯克本人并未进入过太空，但他曾经表示自己希望的火星上。“如果有机会选择死亡的地点，火星或许是个不错的选择。生于地球，死于火星。”他说。