Tesla Is Killing 2 Iconic Car Models To Make Robots
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Robots are quietly lining up for factory jobs and humans may soon be outnumbered or replaced entirely
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The first robot only car plant is almost here and it is terrifyingly real
The fully robotic car plant that once sounded like science fiction is now a concrete industrial goal, with analysts expecting the first facility where machines build entire vehicles with no human on the line by around 2030.
ATLANTA — A humanoid robot took center stage at the CES tech showcase this week, which will soon help build cars here in Georgia. Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics publicly demonstrated the robot called Atlas at the electronics convention on Monday in Las Vegas.
Way back during Covid (the longest five years ago), Hyundai spent a pretty penny to purchase Boston Dynamics—the company that has been teasing us with increasingly life-like (life-adjacent might be more accurate) robots for more than three decades now.
Korean auto giant plans to manufacture 30,000 humanoid robots a year at its Georgia factory starting in 2028. Hyundai Motor Group and its subsidiary, Boston Dynamics, unveil humanoid robots on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, that will be deployed at the company's ...
Tesla also announced plans to end production of its Model S and Model X vehicles. It will now use the manufacturing plant in California that made those cars to produce its line of humanoid robots - known as Optimus.
Investors are seeking more clarity Wednesday on how the company will meet CEO Elon Musk's ambitious timeline for robotaxi expansion. Tesla is set to be a major player in the U.S. autonomous-vehicle market,