Musk: Optimus for sale by 2027
Elon Musk said Tesla will likely begin selling Optimus humanoid robots to the public by the end of 2027, after achieving the reliability, safety, and broad functionality needed for factory and consumer use. It's a bold commercial timeline that signals Tesla expects to push Optimus from pilot deployments into volume production within two years. (x.com)
Elon Musk made the timeline remarks during a World Economic Forum session in Davos on January 22, 2026 while speaking with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. (bloomberg.com) On Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings call on January 28, 2026 Musk acknowledged that the company did not have any Optimus robots performing “useful work” in its factories at that time. (electrek.co) Musk has also outlined a production roadmap for a third-generation “Optimus 3,” saying low-volume manufacturing could begin in summer 2026 with plans to scale output into 2027. (finance.yahoo.com) Tesla shareholders approved Musk’s performance-based pay package at the November 6, 2025 annual meeting, and that plan ties future vesting to ambitious milestones including producing 1 million Optimus units as a target. (usnews.com) Musk has repeatedly suggested a long‑run target price for Optimus of roughly $20,000–$30,000 per unit once production reaches scale. (morningstar.com) Public statements from Davos and Tesla’s later earnings call present a mixed public timeline — Musk said some Optimus units were doing “simple tasks” in Tesla factories in Davos reporting, yet the January 28, 2026 earnings transcript shows the company had no robots doing useful production work then. (bloomberg.com)
