--- title: Musk distracts Tesla investors with fantastical Optimus hype description: Tesla announced plans to invest $20 billion in capex to produce one million Optimus humanoid robots annually by converting its Fremont factory, despite the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/musk-distracts-tesla-investors-with-fantastical-optimus-hype-fxgt7uywu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Musk distracts Tesla investors with fantastical Optimus hype | daily.dev og:description: Tesla announced plans to invest $20 billion in capex to produce one million Optimus humanoid robots annually by converting its Fremont factory, despite the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/musk-distracts-tesla-investors-with-fantastical-optimus-hype-fxgt7uywu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fXGT7uyWU.png og:image:alt: Musk distracts Tesla investors with fantastical Optimus hype og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Musk distracts Tesla investors with fantastical Optimus hype **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tesla announced plans to invest $20 billion in capex to produce one million Optimus humanoid robots annually by converting its Fremont factory, despite the robots not currently performing meaningful work in Tesla's own facilities. Industry experts and robotics professionals express skepticism about the commercial viability and technical readiness of general-purpose humanoid robots, citing challenges including safety concerns, limited battery life, lack of dexterity, high costs, and social acceptance issues. The announcement comes as Tesla faces an 11% decline in automotive revenue, with Musk's history of missed predictions on robotaxis and Mars missions raising questions about the feasibility of these ambitious robot production targets. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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