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Tesla to Have Humanoid Robots for Internal Use Next Year, Musk Says

A Tesla sign is seen on the Shanghai Gigafactory of the US electric car maker before a delivery ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. Reuters
A Tesla sign is seen on the Shanghai Gigafactory of the US electric car maker before a delivery ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. Reuters
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Tesla to Have Humanoid Robots for Internal Use Next Year, Musk Says

A Tesla sign is seen on the Shanghai Gigafactory of the US electric car maker before a delivery ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. Reuters
A Tesla sign is seen on the Shanghai Gigafactory of the US electric car maker before a delivery ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. Reuters

Tesla will have humanoid robots in low production for the company's internal use next year, CEO Elon Musk said on Monday, months after he announced that the rollout would be by the end of 2024.
The company will have the robots in high production for other companies' use "hopefully" in 2026, Musk said in a post on social media platform X.
Musk had said in April that the Tesla robot, called Optimus, would be able to perform tasks in the factory by the end of this year and could be ready for sale as soon as the end of 2025, Reuters reported.
Humanoid robots have been in development for several years by Japan's Honda and Hyundai Motor's Boston Dynamics. Several companies are betting on them to meet potential labor shortages and perform repetitive tasks that could be dangerous or tedious in industries such as logistics, warehousing and manufacturing.
Musk has a history of failing to fulfill bold promises to Wall Street. In 2019, he told investors that Tesla would be operating a network of "robotaxi" autonomous cars by 2020.
Tesla put out the first generation of its Optimus robot, dubbed Bumblebee, in September 2022. This year, the company posted a video of a second generation of the bipedal robot folding a T-shirt at the firm's facility.

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Volkswagen to Make Added Investments in US, CFO Says in Davos

A Volkswagen logo is pictured during the Volkswagen Group's annual general meeting in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2018. (Reuters)
A Volkswagen logo is pictured during the Volkswagen Group's annual general meeting in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2018. (Reuters)
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Volkswagen to Make Added Investments in US, CFO Says in Davos

A Volkswagen logo is pictured during the Volkswagen Group's annual general meeting in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2018. (Reuters)
A Volkswagen logo is pictured during the Volkswagen Group's annual general meeting in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2018. (Reuters)

Volkswagen will need to make additional investments in the United States to hit its target of doubling market share there, its CFO Arno Antlitz said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Thursday.

"We need additional initiatives ... to double market share, you have to be even more local," Antlitz said when asked whether Volkswagen plans to expand its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

"We are strong in Europe, but we need to do more 'value-added' in the US," added Antlitz, listing research and development as a potential area for investment.

"But we have to decide on the project first," he told the Reuters Global Markets Forum, declining to give further details.

Volkswagen has previously said it aimed to hit 10% market share in the US, a goal investors and analysts are sceptical the carmaker can achieve in a crowded market. It currently has around 4% market share, according to Reuters calculations.

The CFO declined to comment on how the carmaker would react if US President Donald Trump follows through on threats to impose tariffs on imports from Europe, Mexico and Canada, saying it was "too early".

Volkswagen's global production chain puts the carmaker directly in the line of fire for Trump's tariffs. Its Audi and Porsche brands have no US manufacturing base, its VW passenger car brand's US sales consist mainly of imports from its Mexican plant, and its battery cell plant under construction in Canada was set to deliver batteries to the United States.

The German carmaker plans to bring in range extenders, small combustion engines which charge an EV battery to extend its range, into more of its models, Antlitz said, in an attempt to appeal to customers who are hesitant to make the switch to EVs.