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Robot rivals are battering Tesla, and the stock can't cope

Tesla built its market value on the promise that it would lead the age of intelligent machines, from self-driving cars to humanoid robots. Now that robot rivals are finally arriving, investors are ...
Electrek

Musk admits no Optimus robots are doing ‘useful work’ at Tesla — after claiming otherwise

Elon Musk admitted on Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings call today that the company doesn’t have any Optimus robots doing useful work in its factories right now. This is a striking admission, given that Musk ...
Electrek

Tesla Optimus robot takes a suspicious tumble in new demo

A new video surfacing from a Tesla demonstration in Miami this weekend shows the Optimus humanoid robot taking a nasty fall. But it’s not the fall itself that is raising eyebrows, it’s the specific ...
Autoblog

Elon Musk Says Tesla’s Robot Could Matter More Than Its Cars

Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged the possibility that Optimus could overshadow the legacy of the brand’s electric vehicles. Tesla lost EV sales leadership to BYD in 2025 amid regulatory challenges.
Austin American-Statesman

Gigafactory Texas will see production of Tesla robot at 'much higher volume' than California

After Tesla Inc. reported sales of its EVs had fallen for a second consecutive year, CEO Elon Musk last week announced plans to discontinue production of the Model S and X at a California plant to ...