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,

On Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Elon Musk said the company is ending production of its Model S and X vehicles.

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 (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk the company will likely need to build a “gigantic” semiconductor fabrication plant to support its growing ambitions in artificial intelligence and robotics. “One of the things I’m trying to figure out is — how do we ...