Elon Musk's Tesla robots could be innovative for AI and automation, but Optimus still has a long way to go

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Tesla's Optimus prototype, seen at a 2022 Tesla event.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk: His career, life, and companies he started

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Elon Musk has had a hand in launching several major companies.

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'As negative as we have seen in the last few years': Why a number of Wall Street analysts are souring on Tesla

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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Airbus flew its first 'Beluga Transport' mission to the US, using a freighter designed to carry oversized cargo like engines, tanks, and even other aircraft. Take a look.

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The BelugaST with an A320 fuselage inside.
Airbus recently secured an operator's certificate to fly in the US.

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A wildly popular RV rental company is pivoting to luxury 'glamping' — see inside its new $350-a-night tents in the Texas Hill Country

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RV rental platform Outdoorsy opened its third luxury campsite in March with plans to launch 12 to 17 more properties in the next three years.

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China's Xiaomi just showed Apple how a smartphone maker actually can make an EV

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Xiaomi SU7 on March 28, 2024 Shenzhen, Guangdong
The Xiaomi SU7 on display in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

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An $88 billion auto giant laid off 400 workers remotely in a move likened to ending a marriage by video call

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The logo of Stellantis is seen on the company's building in Velizy-Villacoublay near Paris, France, March 19, 2024.
Stellantis laid off 400 workers in its technology, engineering, and software departments in the US.

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I drove BYD's Seal electric car and Elon Musk may be grateful you can't buy one in the US

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Dave Calhoun was supposed to turn Boeing around, but after 4 years on the job, he's out. Here's where things went wrong.

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun departs from a meeting at the office of Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) on Capitol Hill January 24, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will leave the company at the end of the year.

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Fisker Ocean reservation cancellations top 40,000 as the EV company tries to fight off bankruptcy, leaked data shows

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Thousands of people have cancelled their orders for a Fisker EV.
Cancellations of Fisker Ocean reservations have crossed 40,000, according to internal data viewed by Business Insider, as the electric carmaker explores strategic alternatives.

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