TL;DR: Tesla blew past its late-2026 targets and started mass producing the Optimus Gen 3 robot at their Fremont factory.
The timeline for humanoid robots just accelerated. Tesla completely bypassed their initial targets and already started mass production of Optimus Gen 3 at the Fremont factory. They’re aiming for an absurd one million units per year.
Musk wants production humming before summer. We’ve already caught glimpses of the new 22 degree-of-freedom hand, which looks wildly capable. The sheer scale Tesla is targeting changes the math for the entire industry. Nobody else is talking about millions of units yet.
They see embodied AGI as the endgame here. It’s no longer just about building a basic factory worker. Optimus is being positioned to completely reshape how physical labor gets done globally. The competition better wake up fast.
Source: Teslarati / Yahoo Finance