MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 20 (UPI) -- Back in 2013, a deal was almost made between Google CEO Larry Page and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk.
The plan was to have Google purchase Tesla for $11 billion, with Elon Musk maintaining control of the car company for at least eight more years, according to Bloomberg. Tesla had been on the verge of bankruptcy at the time, and it wasn't until the company posted its first quarterly profit in May of 2013 that things started to improve.