Musk: Tesla to ship Optimus robots to outside companies by end of next year, 'no one even close'
XFreeze · x · 2026-10-22
Elon Musk reiterated that Optimus will be "the biggest product on Earth" and said Tesla is targeting deliveries to companies outside Tesla around the end of next year, once SI, reliability, and useful-life issues are solved.
He claimed "there is no one even close to Tesla" in general-purpose humanoid robotics, as Optimus moves from prototype to a real commercial product.
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