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Tesla’s Optimus Hits Snags in Hands, Suppliers as Scale-Up Begins

September 25

Tesla has ramped up production of its Optimus humanoid robot roughly tenfold in recent months, but the company is still struggling to manufacture the machines reliably at scale.

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