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Tesla is Actually Ditching the Model S for Optimus

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TL;DR: Elon Musk is deprioritizing legacy Tesla vehicles to go all in on the Optimus humanoid robot.

Tesla just made a massive pivot. They’re quietly putting the Model S and Model X on the back burner. The reason? Optimus.

Elon Musk has been hinting at this for months. He believes the humanoid robot market will eventually eclipse the entire automotive industry. Now we’re seeing the actual strategy play out. The company is reallocating engineering resources and manufacturing space to ramp up Optimus production.

This is a huge gamble. The Model S literally built the Tesla brand. Cars are becoming a saturated market though. Humanoid labor is entirely untapped. If Optimus can actually handle factory tasks without constant supervision, the economics change overnight.

We’re witnessing a car company transforming into an AI robotics firm right before our eyes.

Source: National Today

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