Elon Musk responded in kind to Tesla Inc investors approving his $1 trillion compensation package, making a series of extravagant predictions about what the company will be capable of in the years to come.

Tesla’s humanoid robot will progress from simple tasks, like handing out bags of candy, to performing surgery with “beyond human” levels of precision, the chief executive officer said Thursday.

Its flagging car business — headed for a second year of shrinking sales — will aim to ramp production back up roughly 50 per cent by the end of 2026, he said.

The leader of SpaceX even went so far as to predict that Tesla’s robot, called Optimus, and vehicles will “play a big role” in someday establishing bases on the moon and Mars. “It’ll be something cool, next-level moon buggy or Mars buggy,

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