Tesla cars may soon be a thing of the past. Elon Musk announced on an earnings call that the company will dedicate its Fremont, California factory to making humanoid robots instead of electric vehicles. The Optimus 3 will launch in a few months, Musk said, and will be a “general purpose robot that will learn by observing human behavior. So you can like demonstrate a task or literally verbally describe a task or show it a task um even show it a video and it will be able to do that task. So, it’s a it’s going to be a very capable robot.” Musk says that the goal is for the Fremont factory to build one million robots per year but since it is a brand new type of assembly line, this will be a challenge. The Fremont factory was Tesla’s first factory. The fact that it will no longer build Model S and Model X vehicles is significant. In fact, Musk indicated that Tesla may one day not be known for EVs. Tesla earnings were down, consistent with declining sales for all EVs. It does make sense to pivot to something else but robots!? Wow! Side note: Fremont is also incidentally my home town. The post The End of Tesla Cars? Musk Turns Fremont Into a Robot Factory appeared first on Redacted.