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Tesla’s Optimus Is A Total Fiasco
The C-3PO wannabe is going nowhere.
The variety of claims Elon Musk has spouted about Tesla’s Optimus robot are nothing short of insane. He has said that Optimus will generate $10 trillion in long-term revenue for Tesla, that it will eventually account for 80% of Tesla’s value, and that it will increase Tesla’s value to a whopping $25 trillion. It’s a good thing Musk has a solid track record of delivering on his promises; otherwise, I would think this was the delusional rambling of a madman… Mind you, he also said Tesla would start a pilot production line of the finished Optimus and produce 5,000 units by the end of 2025, and that never happened. In fact, Tesla recently announced that it will unveil a new “production-ready” third version of Optimus (which implies the version slated for production in 2025 was never production-ready) and that by late 2027, production will start at Tesla’s Fremont factory, which was where the Model S and X were produced. With all of this as context, maybe we should take these far-out proclamations with a pinch of salt? In fact, if you were paying attention during Tesla’s recent earnings calls, Musk let slip something that not only demonstrates just how wide the gap between reality and Musk’s yammerings really is but also how little Musk actually understands the technology he is trying to flog.
