Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. briefly surpassed General Motors to become America’s most valuable carmaker -- eclipsing a company whose well-being was once viewed as interdependent with the nation’s.
Tesla climbed as much as 3.7 percent in early Monday trading, boosting its market capitalization to $51 billion.
The company was valued at about $1.7 billion more than GM as of 9:35 a.m. in New York and the two have jostled for the lead spot in subsequent trading.
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