TeslaCEO Elon Musk twice satirized Apple on the company's earnings call on Monday.One is about Apple's cobalt use, and the other is about the company's "walled garden" policy.
When asked about Tesla's supply chain, Musk said there was a misunderstanding in the market that Tesla used a lot of cobalt. "I think Apple uses nearly 100% cobalt in their batteries, mobile phones and laptops." but Tesla does not use cobalt in iron phosphate batteries and hardly cobalt in nickel-based chemicals. "
When it comes to opening up charging networks to competitors, Mr Musk attacked Apple's "walled garden" policy. "I think what we do want to emphasize is that our goal is to support the arrival of a sustainable energy era, not to build a walled garden and then use it to hit our competitors, as some companies do," he said. " Then he pretended to cough and said "apple".
The so-called "walled garden" refers to Apple's strict control over software that can be installed on the iPhone through its app store. The policy is facing scrutiny by US lawmakers and challenges from other companies, including an antitrust trial after Epic Games sued Apple over App Store fees and policies earlier this year.