We all knew there is a special/ friendly relationship between Elon Musk and VW's Herbert Diess - now more details,
apparently Elon wanted to hand over the management of Tesla to VW boss Herbert Diess in 2014 according to this
Business Insider article . It's in German, an approximate Google translation is
here.
.. According to research by Business Insider, Diess had an employment contract from the Americans that was ready to be signed. Accordingly, Elon Musk wanted to hand over the management of Tesla to Diess. A spectacular process that Diess has so far only let in on a few people at Volkswagen. When asked, a VW spokesman said: "No comment."
Diess left unanswered why the then head of BMW development ultimately decided against Tesla. Certainly, the importance of Tesla in 2014 was not comparable to the current splendor of the most valuable automobile company in the world. "
PS. The Google translation leaves much to be desired. Anyone wants to polish it can suggest an improvement directly on the Google translate page (and here, too of course: faster)