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New Tesla Bot Gen 3 Replacing Housekeepers With $1/Hour!

Edition of August 16, 2026 at 12:02 AM UTCFull article
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Tesla is accelerating work on Optimus, Cybercab, and the Terafab chip project, betting that lower-cost robotics, autonomous transport, and massive AI infrastructure can become core growth engines despite major technical, safety, and production hurdles. Optimus Gen 3 targets commercial use Elon Musk has signaled that Optimus 3 is intended to be the first true commercial version of Tesla’s humanoid robot, with an August reveal widely expected. Tesla has positioned the program as central to its shift from carmaker to physical AI company, and the robot is expected to add Grok voice, the AI5 chip, a 4680 battery, and broader hardware upgrades.

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