article_snippet.sent: Musk pursued a sale of struggling electric-car company Tesla to Google in 2013, according to an excerpt of a book published on Monday by Bloomberg News.
article_snippet.sent: In March 2013, Musk contacted Google co-founder Larry Page, according to the excerpt, which cited two people close to the situation.
article_snippet.sent: Musk Musk pursued a sale of Musk struggling electric-car company Tesla to Google for $6 billion before Musk share price rocketed in May 2013, according to a new biography .
article_snippet.sent: Musk proposed that Google buy Tesla for $6 billion and promise an additional $5 billion in factory expansions.
article_snippet.sent: Musk also demanded that Musk be permitted to run Tesla as a unit of Google for eight years, or until Tesla produced a third-generation car, an excerpt of his biography Elon Musk said.
article_snippet.sent: Google co-founder Larry Page declined to comment on the matter, but told Vance that a 'car company is pretty far from what Google knows.'
article_snippet.sent: The surprisingly good earnings sent Tesla shares rocketing higher and ended the Google negotiations.
article_snippet.sent: Last year, Tesla was at the center of rumors that Apple was considering an acquisition of Tesla.
article_snippet.sent: Google, which has pursued technology for a self-driving car, earlier this year, along with investment giant Fidelity, pumped $1 billion into SpaceX, Musk's private space-travel technology venture.
highlights_snippet.sent: The technology billionaire pursued a sale of struggling electric-car company Tesla to Google in 2013 for $6 billion .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Musk demanded that Musk be permitted to run Tesla as a unit of Google for eight years, or until Tesla produced a third-generation car .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The claims are made in the new biography Elon Musk: