Craig Irwin, an analyst at Roth Capital Partners, has told CNBC his company believes Apple made a bid of US$240 per share for Tesla back in 2013.
Through multiple sources Irwin has "complete confidence" Apple made a "serious bid", but he isn't sure if the interest went as far as formal paperwork.
According Irwin the talks broke down over Apple's insistence Elon Musk step down from the helm.
Irwin's comments back up a 2014 report in the San Francisco Chronicle stating Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, met with Apple's head of acquisitions and possibly Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, as well.
Due to poor delivery figures in the first quarter, a plunge back into the red, and a warning from Musk the company might have as little as 10 months of cash given its current burn rate, Tesla's stock price, at the time of writing, is around US$193 ($279).
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