GoKawiilTesla producing only hundreds of Optimus robots weekly, far below goal
Tesla is manufacturing 'several hundred' Optimus robots per week after converting Model S and Model X lines for production, according to The Information. The report cites manual assembly bottlenecks, including hands and forearms with over 100 screws and small components that require workers to fit by hand, as key obstacles to scaling output.
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The gap between Musk's public ambitions—calling Optimus Tesla's 'biggest product of all time'—and the reported production reality suggests the humanoid robot business may take much longer to scale than promised. Tesla's reported plan to lease rather than sell early units, paired with a wider industry shift toward simpler robot designs and reported regulatory caution in China around humanoid robotics IPOs, could indicate the sector broadly is recalibrating expectations for near-term commercialization.
- Tesla reportedly makes only hundreds of Optimus units weekly, far short of a 20,000-per-week target
- Current 'V3' robots still require significant manual assembly due to small, precisely fitted parts
- Tesla plans to lease rather than sell early robots while using them internally to gather training data
Source: theverge.com — Stevie Bonifield, 2026-09-25
Published there as: “Tesla’s Optimus robot is going through growing pains”
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