PendingTalk to Grok in FSD within ~3 months
“This functionality will be there in about 3 months or so.”
“It is expected to cost much less than a car. I would say, probably less than $20,000, would be my guess.”
— Elon Musk · Sep 30, 2022 · Tesla AI Day 2022 (official Tesla YouTube channel), Sept 30 2022 23:57 ↗
▶ WATCH HIM SAY IT @ 23:57 — TESLA AI DAY 2022 (OFFICIAL TESLA YOUTUBE CHANNEL), SEPT 30 2022
What actually happened
Fetched Sep 13 2026: Optimus is not on sale. Wikipedia still cites Musk's ~$30,000 purchase estimate from the Oct 2024 We, Robot event; the sub-$20,000 AI Day 2022 guess remains a scale target. No consumer price or sale. Deadline 2030. Status stays pending. Wikipedia — Optimus (robot), fetched Sep 13 2026: not on sale; sub-$20k remains a scale target ↗
The Progression
Sep 30, 2022
The promise: “It is expected to cost much less than a car. I would say, probably less than $20,000, would be my guess.” · Tesla AI Day 2022 (official Tesla YouTube channel), Sept 30 2022 23:57 ↗
Today · Sep 18, 2026
Status: Pending · 1,565 days left. Still waiting.
At AI Day in September 2022, Musk put a price target on Optimus: less than $20,000 at scale — cheaper than a car. The claim anchors the economics of his later million-units-a-year production promises.
Receipts
LAST CHECKED 2026-09-13- [VIDEO] Tesla AI Day 2022 (official Tesla YouTube channel), Sept 30 2022 @ 23:57
- [REPORT] iotworldtoday.com
- [REPORT] Electrek, Sept 30 2022 (verbatim quote source)
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47
59% of resolved claims delivered.
Missed
32
Deadline passed, still no-show.
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