Tesla's flying Roadster is more fuel for SpaceX merger rumors than a real car

Tesla, strictly speaking, is a car company. But CEO Elon Musk has gone out of his way to tell investors he doesn't want it to be. The adrenaline-soaked Roadster EV unveiling — packed with aerial acrobatics — was another reminder. Tesla (TSLA) was showing off its newest, fastest car. But it was also, in the eyes of many analysts, soft-launching a merger with SpaceX, of engineering, audacious flair, and Musk's ambitions. The reactions from Tesla's sharpest observers underscored what was left unsaid. "So SpaceX buys Tesla this year. That's has become obvious," wrote Gerber Kawasaki's Ross Gerber, a vocal Tesla shareholder and frequent commentator on Musk's business moves. In, of course, a post on X.