Elon Musk tries to smooth the waters after his scathing remarks about Apple

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is trying to make nice with Apple after a German newspaper printed his scathing comments about the company's automotive efforts.

Here's the tweet (EV stands for electric vehicle):

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When asked about the engineers that Apple had hired away from Tesla, Musk told the Handelsblatt earlier this week his team "jokingly call Apple the 'Tesla Graveyard'" because only employees who couldn't "make it" at Tesla would leave. 

He also said that although the electric car that Apple is reportedly working on is "the next logical thing" for the hardware giant to tackle, he added that "cars are very complex compared to phones or smartwatches."

His tweet, however, resonates more closely with his past comments:

Musk said during Tesla's first quarter earnings call that it would be "great" if Apple got into the car business.