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Tesla’s ground-up humanoid redesign, built on the converted Fremont car line and still not shown in public.
What it does
- Ground-up redesign built on Tesla’s own driving networks, in-house chips and a converted car line.
- Shares the manufacturing base that builds Tesla’s vehicles, which is what makes a consumer price plausible.
- First-generation production lines are installed at Fremont, with production anticipated in 2026.
What it changes
Trades an outside supply chain for Tesla’s own: driving networks inherited from its cars, in-house chips and a plant it already owns.
Availability
Preview (global)
Access and cost
Get Tesla Optimus Gen 3 — Tesla has not published a price, specification, order page or reveal date; circulating spec sheets are not its own.
Evidence it works
- Tesla told shareholders that first-generation Optimus production lines are being installed at Fremont, with production anticipated in 2026 and initial builds used for internal training data. — source
- Supply-chain reporting puts parts orders at roughly 15,000 units for 2026, with output approaching 1,000 a week by late September. — source
Practical limits
- Nobody outside Tesla has seen it: there are no published dimensions, payload, battery or speed figures.
- First units are earmarked for internal training data, so there is no customer-facing capability yet.
Tesla · Robotics · Last verified 2026-09-20. Claims are re-checked on a 30-day clock; the date above is when this line was last confirmed.
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