Tesla begins production-grade Optimus output at Fremont, lines designed for 1M robots/year
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-10-22
Tesla's quarterly earnings report says it has begun producing the first production-quality Optimus humanoids at its Fremont factory. That line is eventually designed for 1 million robots per year, with a planned Austin line targeting 10 million annually. The poster argues the world will look very different even before 2030 once production ramps.
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