Apple’s M&A dealmaker Adrian Perica reportedly met with Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk in Spring, 2013. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, citing an anonymous source, the meeting could have involved the tech giant’s CEO Tim Cook and took place months before Adnaan Ahmad – an analyst with German investment bank Berenberg – wrote an open letter to the Apple boss and board director Al Gore recommending the company buy Tesla.

At the time, Ahmad said a potential deal would “radically alter Apple’s growth profile” and that with Elon Musk, the company could “obtain a new iconic partner to lead Apple’s innovation drive.”

Neither Apple or Tesla have commented on the latest rumours.