Tesla’s optimus hits snags in hands, suppliers as scale-up begins

https://electrek.co/2026/09/25/tesla-optimus-production-ramp-hands-ai-generalization-problems/

10•vidulous•1h ago

Original source (paywalled): https://www.theinformation.com/articles/teslas-optimus-hits-...

Comments

qlte•1h ago

  This is also a far cry from what Musk was saying last year. In January 2025, he said Tesla would build about 10,000 Optimus robots in 2025 and that “several thousand” would be doing useful work by year-end. A year later, he admitted that zero Optimus robots were doing useful work at Tesla. He also promised a V3 reveal by mid-2026. It’s late September, and that demo still hasn’t happened.

ActionHank•1h ago

Is it news that he lied? Feel like he's lied more than he's been honest.

micromacrofoot•1h ago

why do people keep listening to him, he's done this dozens of times

electriclove•59m ago

Oh come on, we know his timeline estimates can’t be taken seriously. This site/blogger has had it out for Musk for several years now

triceratops•57m ago

CEO of a public company lies about material information. Everyone knows he's lying, even his own investors and fans. But a journalist that tells the truth "has it out" for the CEO?

delecti•56m ago

"Richest man in the world is either wrong or lies a lot" remains a valid topic of reporting even if it has been true for a while.

ben_w•35m ago

While entirely true, it does seem a bit "throwing stones in glass houses" to take time forecasts seriously on a tech site.

https://programmerhumor.io/programming-memes/burndown-charts...

toomuchtodo•54m ago

Reporting on habitual liars is "having it out" for someone? He lies, very frequently, it's public record. Those are facts, facts potentially worth reporting on. If one does not like the facts, that's a feeling. If one still supports the habitual liar for reasons, that’s a choice. Their hope is better spent on better people, but it’s their hope to spend and feelings to have.

https://elonmusk.today/

thg•56m ago

"Wildly overpromising and catastrophically underdelivering" is his signature move.

margalabargala•59m ago

Other issues aside, "several hundred a week" is pretty impressive. They are either going to start finding jobs for the robots to do, or else have a glut of robots on their hands.

specialist•51m ago

Ages ago, a friend worked in a testing lab. When asked about the work, he replied:

"It's chimp work. But chimps are too expensive, so they have us do it."

ben_w•25m ago

If they could sell all of them, they'd still only be the third biggest supplier.

Other players took the idea and did it better.

TYPE_FASTER•24m ago

The Elon vs. Zuck cage match might just happen after all.

IshKebab•53m ago

Wait they actually stopped producing cars for this? I guess nobody was buying them, otherwise that's insane.

ben_w•19m ago

Same's scheduled to happen with the Falcon being wound down for Starship.

Also nuts at this point. Though the latter is good for everyone else as it forces development of alternatives.

ben_w•24m ago

Given their history with cars, this is shockingly poor performance.

I can only assume that behind the scenes this is a repeat of all that went wrong with the cybertruck.

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