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Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned employees in a recent email the electric vehicle maker shouldn’t be spending irresponsibly in the final weeks of the year to meet a quarter-end delivery rush. The reason seems sensible, even if his call might vex investors.Musk wants to minimize the cost of fourth quarter deliveries. He doesn’t see a reason for Tesla to overspend for a few weeks of any quarter only to see deliveries numbers crash in the first few weeks of the following quarter. It isn’t an optimal cyc

New York $Tesla Motors$ wants to do more than sell you an electric car. It wants to start selling electricity itself — at least to some people in Texas.It has filed with the Texas Public Utility Commission to generate electricity and sell it directly to the public. Details about its exact plans are not included in the application, and Tesla did not respond to a request for comment. But the company said in its filing it plans to sell electricity directly to consumers, with a focus on those who al