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Tesla shareholders voted in favor of its acquisition of SolarCity on Thursday.
CEO Elon Musk said that the votes in favor of buying SolarCity were "overwhelming."
The deal is worth $2.6 billion.
Musk owns about 20% of both companies and is chairman of SolarCity. Musk is also the cousin of SolarCity's CEO Lyndon Rive.
SolarCity shareholders also voted to approve the deal on Thursday.
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