Tesla has started building a new dedicated facility at its Gigafactory Texas site for producing the Optimus humanoid robot. The stand-alone factory aims for an annual capacity of 10 million units starting in 2027. This follows announcements at the company's 2025 shareholder meeting.
Tesla is expanding its Gigafactory Texas campus with a brand-new stand-alone factory dedicated to manufacturing the Optimus humanoid robot. Construction began recently, with drone operator Joe Tegtmeyer observing crews performing ground leveling and clearing efforts on the east side of the site. Tegtmeyer noted on X: "A brand-new, stand-alone factory is starting construction! This follows the Shareholders meeting & info that a 10-million-per-year @Tesla_Optimus production facility 'on the Giga Texas campus' will be built & enter into production in 2027!"
The plans were confirmed during Tesla's 2025 shareholder meeting last week. CEO Elon Musk stated the company would build 10 million Optimus units annually at the new Texas facility, compared to one million units per year on a pilot line at the Fremont Factory by late 2026. Musk emphasized the project's scale, saying: "I think there could be tens of billions of Optimus robots out there. Um, now obviously it’s very important we pay close attention to safety here. Then a 10 million unit uh per year production line here the I don’t know where we’re going to put the 100 million unit production line. on Mars. Maybe on Mars, I don’t know."
Pilot production of Optimus V3 units is underway at Fremont, where robots are already tested for tasks like moving parts and sorting materials in factories and offices. The larger Giga Texas line targets a manufacturing cost of around $20,000 per unit once scaled. During the Q3 earnings call last month, Musk described the upcoming V3 design, set for unveiling in February or March 2026, as "so real that you’ll need to poke it to believe it’s an actual robot."
This development marks a key step in Tesla's robotics ambitions, with the vast majority of Optimus production planned for Giga Texas starting in 2027.
