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“Very excited to join @Rivian’s board. Rivian already delivers the best driver experience in existence, and it’s about to get even better with AI. https://x.com/aidangomez/status/1914450152288399524
BMW to integrate DeepSeek AI in its new vehicles in China later this year | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/bmw-integrate-deepseek-ai-its-new-vehicles-china-later-this-year-2025-04-23/
Alibaba steps up AI adoption in auto industry with Nio, BMW deals | South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3306468/alibaba-steps-ai-adoption-auto-industry-nio-bmw-deals
Rivian elects Cohere’s CEO to its board in latest signal the EV maker is bullish on AI | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/rivian-elects-coheres-ceo-to-its-board-in-latest-signal-the-ev-maker-is-bullish-on-ai/
“New image of Optimus with the caption “Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto.” Tesla also shared pictures of its new Dojo supercomputer – could it be for Optimus training? The Optimus fleet isn’t yet large enough to produce the real-world data that would require a big supercomputer, but https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1912897183923442005
“Tesla rival XPeng Motors will exhibit its Iron humanoid robots at the upcoming Shanghai Auto Show (April 23–May 2). https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1914745871394312445
“Elon on Q2 call: On humanoids, I don’t think there’s any company in any country that can match Tesla. I’m a little concerned that on the leader-board, ranks 2 to 10 will be Chinese companies (laughs) – but I’m confident that rank one will be Tesla.” / X https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1914818623295856728
Waymo reports 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in U.S. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/24/waymo-reports-250000-paid-robotaxi-rides-per-week-in-us.html
“Tesla Q1 ’25 Shareholder Deck: “We remain on track for builds of Optimus on our Fremont pilot production line in 2025, with wider deployment of bots doing useful work across our factories.” Tesla also shared a cool picture of the pilot line. It’s happening – Optimus is ramping! https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1914784484618330267
“Elon on Q1 call about permanent magnet supply from China: Optimus is affected by the magnet supply issue from China, because Optimus actuators in the arms do use permanent magnets. Tesla as a whole doesn’t need to use permanent magnets, but the robot arm needs the smallest https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1914827392629268888
“Elon on Q1 earnings call: “We expect to have thousands of Optimus bots working in Tesla factories by the end of this year, doing useful work. Expect to scale Optimus up faster than any product in history. I feel confident about getting to a million per year by 2029 or 2030.” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1914800187924791355
