TechnologyUS EV maker pivots to robotics but regains crown for vehicles sold from China's BYDTesla founder and CEO Elon Musk said Intel will become the manufacturing partner of the massive Terafab chipmaking project. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)YIFAN YUApril 23, 2026 09:11 JSTPALO ALTO, California -- Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk unveiled at a Tesla earnings call Thursday that a joint venture of Musk-led companies intends to use U.S. chipmaker Intel's advanced chipmaking technology for its ambitious Terafab facility, which aims to produce 1 million wafers per month.