Tesla pushes Optimus V3 reveal later this year – again
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/01/Tesla-Bot-Optimus-hero.webp?w=1500" /></div><p>During <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-tsla-q1-2026-financial-results/" id="https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-tsla-q1-2026-financial-results/" type="link">Tesla’s Q1 2026 earnings call </a>today, CEO Elon Musk confirmed that Optimus robot production will begin at Fremont in late July or August — just four months after the last Model S and X roll off the line in early May.</p> <p>Musk warned, however, that initial output will be “quite slow,” calling it “literally impossible to predict” the production rate this year given Optimus has 10,000 unique parts across an entirely new production line.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-optimus-production-fremont-model-sx-line/#more-464555">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/01/Tesla-Bot-Optimus-hero.webp?w=1500" /></div><p>During <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-tsla-q1-2026-financial-results/" id="https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-tsla-q1-2026-financial-results/" type="link">Tesla’s Q1 2026 earnings call </a>today, CEO Elon Musk confirmed that Optimus robot production will begin at Fremont in late July or August — just four months after the last Model S and X roll off the line in early May.</p>
<p>Musk warned, however, that initial output will be “quite slow,” calling it “literally impossible to predict” the production rate this year given Optimus has 10,000 unique parts across an entirely new production line.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-optimus-production-fremont-model-sx-line/#more-464555">more…</a>