Tesla is reportedly behind on its pledge to build 5,000 Optimus bots this year
Tesla is far behind the pace that is needed to meet it Previously said goal to produce At least 5,000 optimus humanoid robots this year, The information reports. Almost eight months in 2025, and the number of bots that Tesla has produced, is only in the hundreds, according to two sources. That means that Tesla or either has to set up or push the deadline back.
The news comes after Tesla reported a decrease in total turnover in the second quarter in the second quarter, due to falling EV sales, less money from legal credits and a decrease in the sale of solar and energy storage. During the income call earlier this week, Musk said that Tesla would start production early next year with the production of the latest Optimus 3 design.
“We will scale the production of Optimus as quickly as possible and try to get a million units a year as quickly as possible,” said Musk. “We think we can get there in less than five years. That is a reasonable ambition.”
Remember that Musk has previously made daring claims. During Tesla’s 2019 Autonomy Day, Musk said that by 2020 the company would have a fleet of a million robotaxis on the road. Two years later he said that Tesla would produce the robotaxis in mass by 2024. None of these projections has come.
