A Tesla-SpaceX combination, Jonas said, “would not be a permanent solution.” But it would be “a way to get Tesla off the [public stock] market potentially so it that could do the dirty work of restructuring without, as Elon says, having someone outside your house yelling the price of your house every 30 seconds.” It would also help Tesla “keep the [executive] team together, which has been tough for this company to do to date.”

Source: Los Angeles Times May 22, 2019 22:25 UTC