Tesla’s Brutal Bet on Optimus: Dismantling Legacy Lines to Force a Robot Future
By: TechVanguard – SeaPRwire – Tesla faces mounting pressure on its humanoid robot ambitions. The company issued detailed parts procurement guidance to suppliers. Targets sit tight. Weekly output of 1,000 Optimus units by September. Then 2,000 to 2,500 units per week by year end. That scales to roughly 100,000 robots annually. Suppliers now have clear marching orders. Musk reviewed and approved the latest Optimus version at a late June executive meeting. This locks in Optimus Gen 3 after more than three years of development. No more design changes. The project moves fully into mass production territory. Musk delivered a stark ultimatum in the same meeting. Hit the year-end capacity goals. Or the entire Optimus procurement team gets replaced. Recent official videos confirm the shift. Tesla tore down the Model S and Model X production line at its Fremont factory. The process took just 46 days. Heavy equipment ripped out concrete foundations, robotic arms, and full conveyo...