Tesla Ramps Optimus Output to Hundreds a Week as Hand Assembly and Supplier Issues Slow Scale-Up

Tesla has increased production of its Optimus humanoid robot to several hundred units a week, roughly 10 times its second-quarter pace, as it tries to turn the robot from a development program into a factory-scale product. The ramp is still being constrained by the robot’s complex hands, automated assembly equipment and supplier capacity, according to reporting on the scale-up effort by The Information and subsequent industry coverage.