Elon Musk, Masayoshi Son talked in 2017 about SoftBank investing in Tesla

Elon Musk, Masayoshi Son talked in 2017 about SoftBank investing in Tesla

Masayoshi Son. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

Elon Musk and Masayoshi Son held talks last year about SoftBank Group Corp. investing in Tesla Inc., including potentially taking the electric carmaker private, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.

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