SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has admitted for the first time that his electric vehicle-making company has been too reliant on robots for production and the human workforce is underrated. "Yes, excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake. Humans are underrated," Elon Musk tweeted late on Friday while responding to a reporter's tweet.The journalist from Wall Street Journal had tweeted: "Humans are underrated. "If we can send a Roadster to the asteroid belt, we can probably solve Model 3 production. It's just a matter of time," said Musk.

Source: Economic Times April 14, 2018 11:03 UTC