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TSLA•Elon Musk said a Tesla-SpaceX merger would be “a good idea” and that the companies had formed special committees to discuss a union. The combined company would be worth about $3.5 trillion, the article said.
1. Merger discussions
Musk said on Tuesday that a merger of Tesla and SpaceX would be “a good idea” and that the companies had formed special committees to discuss a union. The tie-up would create a company worth about $3.5 trillion, ranking fifth globally between Microsoft and Amazon.
2. Regulatory questions
The article said a merger faces substantial regulatory risks. It also noted a report that Musk ordered a slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink used by Ukraine; the report could not be independently verified.
