Tesla CEO says he is open to friendly deal with rival carmaker

<p style="text-align: center;"><img title="1606887642207025.jpg" alt="9.jpg" src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20201202/1606887642207025.jpg"/></p><p>&nbsp;Tesla Chief Executive&nbsp;Elon Musk&nbsp;on Tuesday said he was open to discussing a merger of his start-up&nbsp;electric carmaker&nbsp;with a rival.<br/><br/>Speaking at an Axel Springer event in Berlin, Musk was asked whether he would consider buying a rival carmaker given that Tesla&#39;s market value of more than $500 billion would make it easy to launch a&nbsp;takeover bid.<br/><br/>&quot;We are definitely not going to launch a hostile takeover. If somebody said it would be a good idea to merge with Tesla, we would have this conversation,&quot; he said.</p>