Tesla is well behind the rhythm Neded to meet his Objective previously declared to produce At least 5,000 Optimus humanoid robots this year, Information reports. Almost eight months in 2025 and the number of robots that Tesla has produced is only hundreds, according to two sources. This means that Tesla will have to intensify or reject the deadline.
The news comes after Tesla reported a 12% drop in overall revenue In the second quarter, due to the fall of sales of electric vehicles, less cash from regulatory credits and a decrease in solar and energy storage sales. During the call of profits of the second quarter at the beginning of this week, Musk said that Tesla would start production on the latest Optimus 3 design at the beginning of next year.
“We reflect the production of Optimus as quickly as possible and we will try to reach one million units per year as quickly as possible,” said Musk. “We think we can get there in less than five years. It is a reasonable aspiration.”
Recall that Musk has made bold statements like this first. During the 2019 car day of Tesla, Musk said that the company would have a fleet of a Millions of robotasses on the road by 2020. Two years later, he said Tesla would do it Robotassi in series of products by 2024. None of these projections has yet happened.