Yeah sure, that's the promise in the future, it's a demo of an unreleased product. It's all about someday when they are done. It was pretty clear from the talk at the beginning that Optimus is years out from being for sale to consumers.
> It was pretty clear from the talk at the beginning that Optimus is years out from being for sale to consumers.
So he's walking back this, then:
"Tesla could start selling Optimus robots by the end of [2025], Musk says"
"Musk told investors on a conference call that he guessed the Tesla robot, called Optimus, would be able to perform tasks in the factory by the end of [2024]."
Let's not even talk about how it would be "financially irresponsible" to not own a Tesla by 2019 because it will be making you "$30,000 a year in your sleep".
It was literally their "Autonomy Event". Right there in the title.