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Musk Answers Tesla Faithful With Trillion-Dollar Robot Prophesy

  • Company has two humanoid prototypes picking battery cells
  • CEO says Tesla could one day earn $1 trillion a year from bots

Elon Musk

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Elon Musk responded in kind to Tesla Inc. investors reapproving his massive compensation plan, offering outlandish predictions that he can enrich shareholders all over again.

After Tesla’s general counsel confirmed Thursday that investors supported awarding stock options to Musk worth as much as $55.8 billion, the chief executive officer said the company’s robot-making effort may one day dwarf its car business.