Tesla Optimus Output Reaches Hundreds Weekly as Year-End Target Tops 1,000

Tesla’s Fremont factory is now producing several hundred Optimus humanoid robots per week, roughly ten times its output in the second quarter of 2026, according to an October report from Automotive Manufacturing Solutions. The report says internal targets call for exceeding 1,000 units per week by year-end, with a longer-term goal of nearly 20,000 per week once the Texas Gigafactory is producing the robot.

The expansion is the clearest signal yet that Elon Musk is once again staking Tesla’s manufacturing future on heavy automation. Eight years ago, Musk publicly acknowledged that overreliance on robots nearly derailed Model 3 production, a cautionary episode that has shaped outside skepticism about aggressive automation claims. The contrast is central to how analysts view the ramp.

For now, the figures remain internal targets rather than confirmed output, and Tesla has not publicly confirmed them; independent verification of humanoid production rates also remains difficult. Still, the reported ramp — from hundreds per week at Fremont to four-figure weekly volumes by year-end and a five-figure vision in Texas — marks a major scale-up for Optimus. If met, the targets would move the program from pilot-scale assembly toward volume manufacturing and test whether Tesla can apply lessons from its past automation setbacks.