SpaceX and Tesla Turn to Boards Cozy With Musk to Mull a Merger
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A potential Tesla–SpaceX merger would fuse automotive, energy storage, and launch into a single industrial platform with enormous capital and supply-chain gravity. Anyone depending on their batteries, charging, or launch services should scenario-plan around tighter integration and cross-subsidization across those lines of business.
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