April 23, 2025, 2:20 am
Tesla's humanoid robot production faces significant delays as China's export restrictions on rare earth elements impact the rollout of Optimus models. Elon Musk has highlighted these supply chain hurdles amid growing concerns over production delays and investor confidence, underscoring the unpredictable nature of global tech manufacturing in a tightly regulated market.
Elon Musk said the future of the EV maker is autonomous cars and vast numbers of autonomous humanoid robots.
Production of Tesla's Optimus robots is delayed because of the lack of rare earth metals.
China had earlier imposed new export controls on seven rare earth elements and magnets used in everything from defense to energy to automotive technologies.
Musk had previously estimated that Tesla would produce thousands of Optimus robots in 2025.
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