Will Tesla buy a traditional car?

In an interview with the media recently, Musk revealed that in order to broaden the market share and business scope, Tesla has plans to acquire traditional car companies, but Musk did not disclose which traditional car companies he was interested in.

"We will never launch a hostile takeover. If someone thinks that merging with Tesla is a good idea, we will have such a dialogue. " Musk said.

Since Tesla became the car company with the highest market value, no one has ever compared it in the car circle. 165438+1October 28th, as of the close of the day, Tesla's market value reached USD 555.242 billion, surpassing Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire? Hathaway) became the sixth largest company in the United States by market value. You know, the founder of Berkshire Hathaway is Warren Buffett.

At present, the top five companies in the US stock market value are Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google's parent company and Facebook, with market values of 1.98 trillion, 1.63 trillion, 1.60 trillion, 1.265, 438+0 trillion and $790 billion respectively. With the soaring share price of Tesla, Musk's net worth soared to a new high, surpassing Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and becoming the second richest man in the world.

According to Tesla's current sales and delivery, if it acquires a traditional car company, Tesla should take a fancy to the production capacity and local market demand of this car company.

American Business Insider magazine lists the companies most likely to be acquired by Tesla: Ford, GM, Renault? -? Nissan? -? Mitsubishi alliance. ? However, the venture capital institution Loup? Jayne Munster, managing partner of Ventures, believes that Tesla is unlikely to merge with any traditional car company, and the business philosophy of traditional car manufacturers is contrary to Tesla.

Musk pointed out that most traditional car companies expressed their disapproval in the early days of Tesla's establishment.

Although Tesla is far ahead in global new energy sales and has achieved profitability for five consecutive quarters, in fact, in the past year, Tesla's actual profit margin was only 1%. Not long ago, Musk warned in the latest employee letter that Tesla should focus on profit and cost saving, otherwise Tesla's share price may fall sharply. "The company's share price will fall as fast as souffle under a sledgehammer."

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