Musk Leaves Door Open to Tesla-SpaceX Merger
Musk said the companies have increasing overlap and declined to rule out a merger, while analysts said a deal could simplify his corporate empire.
- Elon Musk predicts that artificial intelligence will surpass all human intelligence by 2031 but may lose control within a decade.
- Since June 2025, Tesla has launched a robotaxi service in a few U.S. cities, logging 2.5 million miles driven, including 380,000 miles without a safety monitor.
- Tesla's robotaxi miles remain far below Waymo's 220 million autonomous miles, indicating Waymo's lead in commercial deployment.
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Elon Musk Wouldn't Rule Out a Tesla-SpaceX Merger on the July 22 Earnings Call. Here's What It Would Mean for the Shares You Own Today.
The idea of combining the two companies is no longer a fan theory. It came up on an earnings call, and the CEO didn't say no.
In Europe and China, in particular, sales of electric cars rose sharply in the first half of the year. Tesla and Chinese suppliers in particular benefited from government buying incentives in the EU. Meanwhile, a merger between Tesla and SpaceX is speculating on the markets.
During the presentation of the results of the second quarter of 2026, Elon Musk suggested a possible merger between Tesla and SpaceX and highlighted the growing technological collaboration between the two companies.
Tesla’s robotaxi promises are clashing with reality
In an earnings call yesterday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk did his best to paint a positive portrait of the company's robotaxi program. New cities are being added, more miles are being driven, and more people are experiencing Tesla's unsupervised vehicles. But Musk's typical bullishness seemed to be absent from the call, as the occasional trillionaire sought to temper expectations about the program's future. "We're going as fast as humanly possible in s…
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