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Tesla is considering selling or spinning off its China unit to smooth the way for a possible merger with SpaceX, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday night. Tesla stock and SpaceX were indicated slightly higher.
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Tesla's vast China operations, which include an electric-vehicle plant and a battery-packaging Megapack factory, are a major roadblock to any potential merger with Space Exploration Technologies ( SPCX), or SpaceX. SpaceX is a big national-security contractor, making Tesla's ties a literal deal killer.
A potential Tesla-SpaceX combination also likely would face significant review from Beijing as well.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, set up Tesla China with an eye toward an easy separation as a hedge against U.S.-China geopolitical tensions.
Musk has floated the idea of a SpaceX-Tesla combination multiple times, but also has played coy.
"Obviously we can't talk about, you know, combining companies and that kind of thing on earnings calls," Musk said on last week's Tesla conference call.
Aside from national security concerns, a major issue for any potential merger would be Tesla's valuation. SpaceX stock closed Thursday with a $1.49 trillion valuation, only modestly above Tesla's $1.18 trillion market cap.
Tesla Stock, SpaceX Rise Overnight
Tesla stock was indicated about 1% higher on Robinhood late Thursday. SpaceX stock edged higher. Some of those gains could reflect rising Nasdaq futures.
SpaceX will report earnings for the first time snce its June IPO next week.
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