--- title: "Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program head exiting firm, Bloomberg News reports" description: "Milan Kovac, head of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program, is leaving the company, raising concerns about the project's future. Kovac's departure is effective immediately, with Ashok Elluswamy takin" type: "news" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/243538094.md" published_at: "2025-06-06T20:59:08.000Z" --- # Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program head exiting firm, Bloomberg News reports > Milan Kovac, head of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program, is leaving the company, raising concerns about the project's future. Kovac's departure is effective immediately, with Ashok Elluswamy taking over his role. CEO Elon Musk has emphasized the importance of the Optimus project and robotaxi service for Tesla's long-term valuation, despite challenges such as China's export restrictions on rare-earth magnets affecting production. June 6 (Reuters) - The head of Tesla’s (TSLA.O) Optimus program, Milan Kovac, is leaving the company, casting uncertainty over chief executive Elon Musk’s humanoid robot project, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Kovac, vice president and head of engineering for Optimus, told colleagues on Friday that he was departing, effective immediately. Ashok Elluswamy, who leads Tesla’s autopilot teams, will take on Kovac’s role, the report said. Tesla, Kovac and Elluswamy did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Musk has earlier said he expected Tesla to make thousands of Optimus robots this year. He said in April that China’s export restrictions on rare-earth magnets had affected production of the humanoid robots. Tesla has shifted focus to launching the robots and its robotaxi service, with much of the company’s valuation hanging on that bet. “The only things that matter in the long term are autonomy and Optimus,” Musk told CNBC in an interview in May. ### Related Stocks - [TSLA.US - Tesla](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLA.US.md) - [TSDD.US - GraniteShares 2x Short TSLA Daily ETF](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSDD.US.md) - [TSLL.US - Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLL.US.md) - [TSLQ.US - AXS TSLA Bear Daily ETF](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLQ.US.md) - [09366.HK - XI2CSOPTSLA-U](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/09366.HK.md) - [07766.HK - XL2CSOPTSLA](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07766.HK.md) - [07366.HK - XI2CSOPTSLA](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07366.HK.md) - [TSLR.US - GraniteShares 2x Long TSLA Daily ETF](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLR.US.md) ## Related News & Research | Title | Description | URL | |-------|-------------|-----| | 羅伯特·賴克表示，特斯拉沒有支付聯邦所得税，而埃隆·馬斯克的收入可能比美國所有教師的總和多 30 億美元——‘你看出問題了嗎？’ | 特斯拉報告稱在 2025 年沒有支付聯邦所得税，儘管其税前收入達到 57 億美元。前勞動部長羅伯特·賴希強調了這一點，並指出埃隆·馬斯克的潛在收入比所有美國小學教師的總和還要多出 30 億美元。批評者認為這反映了盈利豐厚的公司如何合法地減少 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276133290.md) | | 一位希望 Rivian 收購電動車業務的投資者表示，特斯拉的品牌形象已經變得負面 | 華爾街投資者羅斯·格伯（Ross Gerber）建議特斯拉應該將其電動車業務出售給 Rivian，聲稱特斯拉品牌已成為一種負擔。他認為更改名稱可能會提升銷量。Rivian 最近報告了意外盈利，股價上漲了 27%，而特斯拉的利潤則連續第二年下 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276188858.md) | | 特斯拉在政治壓力下達成了紐約超級工廠布法羅的就業目標 | 特斯拉已在紐約超級工廠履行了其就業承諾，到 2025 年底報告了超過 3,460 個工作崗位，緩解了立法者的政治壓力。該工廠僱傭了 2,399 名全職員工，州內總共僱傭了 1,060 人，超過了與其租約相關的目標。特斯拉還在超級計算基礎設施 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276238037.md) | | 特斯拉車主稱全自動駕駛（FSD）試圖駛入湖中，並表示該問題 “可重複出現” | 一位特斯拉車主報告稱，全自動駕駛（FSD）系統試圖將他的車開入湖中，這引發了人們對其能力的擔憂。Daniel Milligan 在社交媒體上分享了顯示該事件的視頻，他聲稱這一情況是可重複的。這引發了質疑，因為美國國家公路交通安全管理局（NH | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276108604.md) | | Coatue Management 減少了在 NVIDIA、特斯拉和 Oracle 的股份，並清空了在 Pinterest 的持股 | Coatue Management 對其股權進行了重大調整，具體情況在 SEC 文件中有所披露。該公司將其在英偉達的持股減少了 6.8%，降至 920 萬股；在特斯拉的持股減少了 5.1%，降至 160 萬股；在甲骨文的持股減少了 7.4% | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276178403.md) | --- > **Disclaimer**: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.