AI illustration: Optimus $20-30k price point
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Optimus $20-30k price point

“An Optimus robot could cost between $20,000 and $30,000, or less than a car in the long term.”
Video: We, Robot | Tesla Cybercab Unveil (official Tesla YouTube channel), Oct 10 2024
▶ WATCH HIM SAY IT @ 19:55 — WE, ROBOT | TESLA CYBERCAB UNVEIL (OFFICIAL TESLA YOUTUBE CHANNEL), OCT 10 2024
What actually happened

Fetched Sep 8 2026: $20,000–$30,000 remains Tesla's stated long-term / at-scale target, not a current sticker. Optimus is not on public sale; Wikipedia still has no V3 production-start date. Industry cost estimates for early units remain well above that band. Deadline 2030. Status stays pending. Wikipedia — Optimus (robot), fetched Sep 8 2026: not on sale; $20–30k remains a scale target ↗

The Progression

Oct 10, 2024
The promise: “An Optimus robot could cost between $20,000 and $30,000, or less than a car in the long term.” · We, Robot | Tesla Cybercab Unveil (official Tesla YouTube channel), Oct 10 2024 19:55 ↗
Today · Sep 10, 2026
Status: Pending · 1,573 days left. Still waiting.

At the We, Robot event in October 2024, Musk said an Optimus robot could eventually cost $20,000 to $30,000 — less than a car in the long term. That price would position the humanoid robot as a mass-market consumer purchase rather than industrial equipment. The claim is tracked against a 2030 deadline and remains pending.

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