Elon Musk posts tweet that Tesla could soon be bigger than Apple — then deletes it

Elon Musk made a bold prediction on Twitter about his electric car company on Friday — and then he deleted it.

The Tesla CEO tweeted he thought there was a greater-than-zero chance that Tesla “could be the biggest company” — adding in a subsequent reply to a follower that Tesla could surpass Apple “probably within a few months.” Musk has since deleted the tweet, without making it clear whether it was a complete joke or based on a genuine, unspoken reason for bullishness. Nevertheless, screenshots of the tweet were widely circulated on Twitter.