The official inauguration of the Tesla gigafactory in Texas has served Elon Musk to announce numerous news. Among them, the production date for the Cybertruck, the Semi and the new Roadster or the arrival of a robotaxi and a humanoid.
Tesla celebrated last night the Cyber Rodeoan event in style with the official inauguration of the new Texas gigafactory as the central axis and many news related to the activity of the brand in the near future.
But without a doubt, the start-up of the new factory, which aims to produce 500,000 units of the Tesla Model Y and that aspires to become the most efficient of all those built to date.
“Optimus will turn our idea of what the economy is upside down… it will be able to do basically anything that humans don’t want to do”
A new production system called “mega casting”which consists of using printed parts that form a structural battery by joining the front and back parts.
Batteries for Tesla’s electric cars will also be manufactured, and in fact Musk has announced that cell production has already begun and Texas will become the facility with the largest capacity: more than 100 GWh per year.
Cybertruck, Semi and Roadster
The Texas gigafactory will also produce the Tesla Cybertrucka futuristic pick-up that has been delayed, but according to Elon Musk it will begin production in 2023.
It will also be when it goes into production the electric Semi truck and the new Tesla Roadsteralthough Musk himself has warned that these dates could vary depending on the availability of components that are currently scarce in the automotive industry, such as semiconductors.
The Robotaxi and the humanoid
Another of the great announcements of the night has been that of a new vehicle exclusively for taxi service and that will be equipped with autonomous driving. According to Musk, it will be “pretty futuristic” and will not have a seat or controls for a driver.
Of course, Elon Musk has not offered data on its launch date nor will it probably become a priority while the Full Self-Driving (FSD) system does not meet the expectations of customers who have already purchased such a package.
This has been the Cyber Rodeo in the Texas gigafactory.
Finally, Tesla offered more information about a project already announced in the past: the humanoid robot designed to perform routine tasks In the home. This humanoid, 172 cm tall and about 57 kg. weight, should be able to walk at a speed of 8 km/h and carry loads of up to 20 kg. of weight.
The Tesla Bot, now called Optimus, will go into production in 2023, according to Elon Musk. “I think we have a chance to go into production for version 1 of Optimus hopefully next year”.
“It will turn our idea of what the economy is upside down… it will be able to do basically anything that humans don’t want to do. It’s going to bring an era of plenty.”the American inventor has affirmed.
“It might be hard to imagine, but as you see Optimus develop, and we’ll make sure it’s safe, no Terminator, It will transform the world to an even greater degree than cars.”he concluded.