People are confused by today's news, and rightfully so.
You're right about that one. What goes through someone's mind that would commit to such a strange relationship is beyond most reasoning. It would be one thing to acquire or merge with a firm in the same business but the auto industry ? That is a real reach. I can't think of how a follow up PR could explain this thinking. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
Confucius, The Confucian Analects