Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock hit a new record high shortly after President Donald Trump's election win last November because investors thought a friendlier regulatory environment could help the company bring its autonomous robotaxi and humanoid robot to market more quickly.

Washington Democrats in the Legislature are mulling a tax aimed primarily at Tesla amid national protests against the DOGE-leading billionaire.

As a result, humanoid robots are at last beginning to leave the lab and enter the workplace. On April 22nd Elon Musk reasserted during an earnings call that he expects “thousands” of Tesla’s Optimus robots to be working in its electric-car factories by the end of the year.