Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?
Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history.
Elon Musk has spent years building Tesla and SpaceX into a pair of trillion-dollar technology empires. Now, he is considering bringing them together.
The prospect is more than hypothetical. Musk said special committees have been formed to assess a potential deal, although he stressed that there is no guarantee a merger will happen and that nothing has been agreed.
With Tesla valued at roughly $1.5tn (£1.1tn) and SpaceX at $2tn (£1.5tn), a combination of the two companies would mark the largest merger ever.
Experts told the BBC that Tesla drivers are unlikely to see much drastic change in the near term, even if the two companies combine.