As it reported another quarter and year of disappointing financial results, the automaker and CEO Elon Musk talked up plans that could have impacts in Texas.

A new report confirms that Tesla has reduced its workforce at Gigafactory Berlin by roughly 1,700 employees over the

The Austin push is planned for February, insiders told Business Insider. Tesla has been training Optimus in its Fremont factory for more than a year.

Tesla's workforce at its gigafactory outside Berlin has shrunk by some 1,700 employees, the Handelsblatt business

As Tesla reports quarterly earnings, investors are focused less on cars and more on Musk’s robots and rockets.

Internal election documents reviewed by German newspaper Handelsblatt on Wednesday revealed that Tesla's current workforce at the facility comprises 1683 women, 9006 men and 14 non-binary persons. Tesla didn't immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comment.

The five companies led by Elon Musk have increasingly become intertwined, even before Tesla's $2 billion investment in xAI or merger chatter.