Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot production plans have been halted, according to Taiwan’s Digitimes. The industry journal cites unnamed China supply chain sources, who informed reporters that Optimus was facing a redesign. Moreover, the rumor indicates that "works to refine key technical components" will need to be completed before a new mass production schedule is drafted.
In January, the polarizing CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, told investors that roughly 10,000 Optimus robots would be built by the year-end. “Will we succeed in building 10,000 exactly by the end of December this year? Probably not, but will we succeed in making several thousand?” Musk asked investors rhetorically. “Yes, I think we will.” He also confidently expected these robots to be “doing useful things” straight away.
