Tesla beats earnings projections after Musk floats SpaceX merger plan

Musk says ‘there’s a lot of merit’ to potential merger that would require approval of 50% of all Tesla shareholders, but declined to elaborate Investors were paying close attention to Tesla ’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday afternoon, after chief executive Elon Musk floated the idea of merging the car company with his rocket and AI company, SpaceX .

But they didn’t glean further information after the company announced there would be no questions on the matter. “With regard to a potential merger with SpaceX, I…