As a result, humanoid robots are at last beginning to leave the lab and enter the workplace. On April 22nd Elon Musk reasserted during an earnings call that he expects “thousands” of Tesla’s Optimus robots to be working in its electric-car factories by the end of the year.

Jimmy Kimmel came up with only one conclusion for Elon Musk to save Tesla after the billionaire CEO announced he is stepping away from his role in Trump’s cabinet to focus on his declining business ventures. Musk told investors on Tuesday, “Starting next month, May, my time allocation to DOGE will drop significantly.”

Tesla execs said new cars launching this year will just be more affordable derivatives of existing cars, dashing investor hopes for all new models.

Kavanaugh and Randolph described a culture of chaos at Tesla involving tactics mirroring the drive by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to shrink the federal government, such as requests for bullet-point emails to justify jobs.