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How much money does spaceX have? And ___hypothetically___, would it be possible to merge tesla into spaceX.
by abledon 9y ago
How much money does spaceX have? And ___hypothetically___, would it be possible to merge tesla into spaceX.
- jacquesm 9y agoThey already pulled that trick with Solar City for which there were at least some plausible reasons. I see no such plausibility for any SpaceX / Tesla merger. If Tesla can't make it SpaceX will not come to the rescue.
- perl4ever 9y agoI don't want them to, even though I own a tiny amount of TSLA so it would technically be in my interest. SpaceX is doing things nobody else can, and it would be a shame if they were dragged down. Batteries and electric cars will continue to be worked on by many regardless of whether Tesla were to vanish tomorrow.
- jacquesm 9y agoTotally agreed. I already think what Musk did with Solar City and Tesla was a distraction he didn't need. Let's hope that Tesla survives, it would be a damn shame to see them pave the way for everybody else. On the other hand, it's not as if they invented electric cars at Tesla, that's how the industry started out and after a 100 year detour of the ICE we're back to square one.
- sq_ 9y agoSpaceX seems to have plenty of money on hand, but I really doubt that Elon would do that, no matter how bad things looked for Tesla. It seems like SpaceX is starting to move all of their resources into BFR development/production and wouldn’t want a car company with production issues eating into said resources. I think Tesla going to Google or SoftBank or another group and asking for an infusion of money (and maybe a Waymo collaboration if it’s Google) would be much more likely.