East Bay officials are reacting to the news Tesla will stop producing its Model S and X vehicles at its Fremont factory, and switch to building Optimus humanoid robots, by year’s end.

Tesla is quietly redrawing the map of humanoid robotics, shifting the center of gravity from California to Texas. The company is preparing Gigafactory Texas to build its Optimus robots at volumes that dwarf anything planned on the West Coast,

Tesla's ending Model S and X production at its Fremont plant to build a million Optimus robots annually amid plunging profits and sales.

After years of relative quiet, Tesla's factory in Buffalo, New York, has been repurposed back to its original purpose: to make solar panels. The 1.2

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 is confronting another high level departure from its manufacturing ranks, adding fresh urgency to concerns about a deepening leadership drain. The latest exit, involving a senior director overseeing vehicle production,

Prior to being appointed Director of Vehicle Operations and Engineering at Fremont in 2023, Bate was Director of Manufacturing for both Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. ・Electrek noted that the departure is the latest of a streak of exits at the EV giant.