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Re:Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Neth... by amluto on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @05:24AM (#47059482)
What does any of this have to do with Optimus? Driving a car by sticking a humanoid robot in the driver seat would be amusing but is a terrible idea.
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Re:Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Neth... by CTDOCodebases on Saturday February 21, 2026 @06:07PM (#47105926)
I got confused between Optimus and Dojo and assumed that Tesla had a seperate internal AI division called Optimus.

In light of this I think it makes sense though. Tesla lost the government subsidies so it can't compete. Possibly the only way it can would be to have an autonomous workforce then to leverage that into selling picks and shovels (Optimus humanoid robots) to other automotive manufacturers.

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