Elon Musk says Optimus humanoid robot could build civilizations on distant planets amid SpaceX's plans to launch 1TW of AI compute per year.

Tesla’s Giga Press has turned the factory floor into the real battleground of the electric‑vehicle transition, shifting the contest from battery chemistry to how fast and cheaply a car can be built.

While this sounds like something from a science fiction movie, Musk believes that in the long term such a future could become possible.

If documents recently lodged with the United States Patent & Trademark office are any indication, Tesla’s second-generation Roadster could be closer to production reality than thousands of ...