The prominent advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services has given its recommendation to support Tesla’s $2.3 billion SolarCity acquisition/merger, telling shareholders that Tesla would be able to bridge the funding gap with SolarCity, and also that the acquisition was an important step in the firm’s path to becoming an integrated sustainable energy company.
On November 2, Elon Musk took to the stage for a question and answer session with stock analysts. The purpose was to calm any fears within the financial community regarding the prospects for the two companies once they are combined. The merger vote is scheduled for November 17.
Among CleanTechnica readers who personally invest in the stock market, Tesla (TSLA) is probably the stock with the most interest, and SolarCity (SCTY) is likely up there near the top of the list as well.
The Tesla/Panasonic Gigafactory is still on track to begin lithium-ion battery cell production sometime later this year, according to Tesla’s just released Quarter 3 2016 shareholder letter.
Tesla is aiming to unveil its new Tesla/SolarCity solar photovoltaic (PV) roof + integrated Powerwall 2.0 battery system on October 28th in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. We don’t have much to work on this time, but here’s his recent tweet on the matter: … [continued]
After first publishing about Tesla’s offer to buy SolarCity, I thought it would be interesting to see what our cleantech-loving readers thought of the acquisition proposal — beyond the dozens of people who carried on the discussions in comments under that article and our next two on the topic. I’m … [continued]
Planetsave. At a private shindig in little town called New York City last week, SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive and Chairman Elon Musk (Lyndon’s cousin and also the CEO, Chief Product Architect, and Chairman of Tesla Motors) made a few casual but potentially world-changing announcements, as is practically a habit with … [continued]
(If you’ve read the intro 4 times already, just skip to the final 10 articles.) We’re trying to get more solar energy stories going over on Planetsave. To catch readers up, I’m doing a short series on the top 50 solar energy stories of 2013 so far. Learning from the Top 33 … [continued]
