Tesla targets mass production of humanoid robots Optimus in 2025

Investing.com -- Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Inc. plans to produce several thousand Optimus humanoid robots in 2025 and aims to significantly ramp up production in the following years, CEO Elon Musk has said.

“Assuming things go well, we’ll 10x that output next year (2026), so we’ll aim to do maybe 50,000-100,000 humanoid robots next year, and then 10x it again the following year,” Musk said in an interview.

Humanoid robots have been in development for several years by Japan's Honda (NYSE: HMC) and Hyundai Motor (OTC: HYMTF)'s Boston Dynamics.

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