Jan 29 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla as well as an alternative combination with artificial-intelligence company xAI, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday,

SpaceX reportedly is mulling a merger with Tesla or xAI ahead of its planned IPO. Elon Musk owns SpaceX and xAI. Tesla stock jumped late.

In Tesla's annual financial filing, the company said that last year it sold $430 million worth of its energy storage products to xAI, Elon Musk's AI startup.

Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. needs to build and operate what he is calling a “TeraFab” to manufacture semiconductors, a massive undertaking that will cost billions of dollars and mark another expansion beyond what had been the company’s core electric vehicle business.

Tesla’s robotaxis are not robotaxis in the sense that they’re not fully driverless and still feature safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case anything goes wrong. But the automaker is shaking things up with its approach to pricing, according to a new analysis of the nascent market.

My front camera had problems with condensation, especially in direct, low sunlight. Tesla cleaned it, but this could be a challenge for full autonomy.

At 5:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 28, Tesla will hold a live call discussing the financial quarter for investors. Investors can tune into the call by clicking the "Listen" icon under the "Webcast with Q&A" tab on the investor site. In the call, Tesla leaders will discuss the company’s financial and business results and outlook.

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Tesla investors head into earnings on Wednesday looking for evidence that Elon Musk's long-promised self-driving bet is beginning to materialize even as results show growing strain on the company's electric-vehicle business.