On Thursday in an interview with " Late Show " host Stephen Colbert , celebrity CEO Travis Kalanick stated on national American television that Apple is working on a self - driving car . Colbert asked Colbert about Uber 's plans to sell hundreds of thousands of Teslas , if Tesla can create a premium self - driving car . Colbert responded : " Look , Google is doing the driverless thing , Tesla is doing the driverless thing , everybody is doing the driverless thing ... " thus highlighting that he feels self - driving cars are the future , hence his potential investment in Tesla .
On Thursday in an interview with "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick stated on national American television that Apple is working on a self-driving car. Colbert asked Kalanick about Uber's plans to order hundreds of thousands of Teslas, if Tesla can create a premium self-driving car. Kalanick responded: "Look, Google is doing the driverless thing, Tesla is doing the driverless thing, Apple is doing the driverless thing..." thus highlighting that he feels self-driving cars are the future, hence his potential investment in Tesla.