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Elon Musk pauses Optimus demos over fears of tech theft
NewsBytes | April 23, 2026 9:39 PM CST

Tesla targets Fremont 1 million, Texas 10 million

Tesla wants to start making Optimus at its Fremont factory by late July or August, with some tweaks needed to the current setup.
There's also a second assembly line planned for Texas by 2027.
The goal? Up to 1 million robots a year from Fremont and an ambitious 10 million annually from Texas once things really get going.

Optimus runs hours unsupervised with Grok

At launch, Optimus could handle basic tasks for several hours without management oversight and won't need much supervision.
It'll interact kind of like a manager, getting extra help from Grok, a chatbot built by Musk's AI company xAI, to make things smoother.


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