Have Optimus performing useful tasks in Tesla factories before year-end 2024
Deadline moved
Elon Musk said this on 23 April 2024. The deadline is 2024 (“before the end of this year”). The deadline was later moved, and a newer promise replaced this one. This is version 1 of 2: the deadline moved once. See the newer promise →
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What happened, in order
- 23 Apr 2024Promised
Elon Musk: Have Optimus performing useful tasks in Tesla factories before year-end 2024. Deadline 2024.
- 22 Jul 2024Deadline moved
In July 2024 Musk moved low-volume production for internal use to 2025.
- 22 Jul 2024Promised
Elon Musk: Produce useful Optimus robots at low volume for Tesla internal use in 2025. Deadline 2025.
- 31 Dec 2025Deadline passed
2025 (“next year”), with no delivery on record.
- 22 Oct 2026Today · 295 days past deadline (newest version)
Details and sources
“doing useful tasks before the end of this year”
- Said by
- Elon Musk, 23 April 2024 · Q1 2024 earnings call; independently published transcript
- Deadline
- 2024 (“before the end of this year”), read as the latest date the words allowMusk called his timing estimates guesses.
- What happened
- In July 2024 Musk moved low-volume production for internal use to 2025.
Said: Teslarati, 24 April 2024
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