Camilla Dominovsky
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Last year, Tesla lost its crown as the world's top EV maker.
The Chinese company BYD sold more all-electric vehicles, and it wasn't even close.
But Tesla has long maintained its pivoting toward fully autonomous vehicles with no pedals or steering wheel and robots.
That's why the company is discontinuing its higher-end vehicles.
Optimus is Tesla's humanoid robot, which Musk says will enter production this year, although Tesla's timelines are often optimistic.
Camilla Dominovsky, NPR News.
Last year, Tesla lost its crown as the world's top EV maker.
The Chinese company BYD sold more all-electric vehicles, and it wasn't even close.
But Tesla has long maintained its pivoting toward fully autonomous vehicles with no pedals or steering wheel and robots.
That's why the company is discontinuing its higher-end vehicles.
Optimus is Tesla's humanoid robot, which Musk says will enter production this year, although Tesla's timelines are often optimistic.
Sales of pure electric vehicles were up more than 50 percent year over year.
while hybrids rose just 6%, and old-fashioned gas and diesel sales dropped 20%.
European automakers have been facing increasingly stiff competition from Chinese manufacturers.
The fastest-growing automaker in Europe last year was China's BYD.