President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs provoked Beijing into demonstrating one of its key points of leverage.

China had earlier imposed new export controls on seven rare earth elements and magnets used in everything from defense to ...

Elon Musk says China wants assurances that the rare-earth magnets needed to build Optimus won't be used for "military ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the production of its Optimus humanoid robots had been affected by China's export ...

China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture ...

Tesla's Optimus robot production is facing significant challenges, including supply chain disruptions and China's new export ...

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has said that export restrictions in China have disrupted the production of its humanoid ...

Investors interested in what Elon Musk says is ahead for Tesla, rather than the company’s latest numbers, got some fresh ...

Elon Musk, facing disarray in his corporate and government ambitions, remains gung-ho on the rise of robots. The tech ...

China's restriction on rare earth magnet exports, particularly neodymium-iron-boron, is disrupting Tesla's robot production ...

Says will scale Optimus robot production to millions per year in less than five years. Says confident predicting a million Optimus robots per ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that China’s decision to block the exports of rare earth magnets in response to President ...