Tesla reported Q1 2026 earnings of $477M net income on $22.4B revenue, a 16% increase year-over-year but missing Wall Street expectations. The company announced large-scale production plans for Optimus humanoid robots, with first-generation capacity of 1M units/year in Fremont (replacing Model S/X lines) and second-generation capacity of 10M/year at Gigafactory Texas, beginning Q2. Tesla is continuing development of Dojo 3, a space-based AI compute infrastructure project.
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Tesla’s revenue rises again as it prepares for more AI and robotics
Tesla pivots manufacturing capacity from cars to Optimus humanoid robots (1M units/year rising to 10M), backing the bet with Dojo 3 space-based AI infrastructure.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The VergeBY sys://pipeline
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