Tesla acquires Riviera Tool to expand in-house manufacturing capability

Evidence notes

• Tesla's Riviera Tool acquisition gave the company an operational foothold in Michigan through a tooling supplier transaction.
• The deal expanded in-house manufacturing tooling and production engineering capability to support factory scale-up.
• Tesla is an automotive and AI company developing Optimus, a general-purpose humanoid built on its autonomy, battery, and vertically integrated manufacturing stack.