Tesla Optimus V3 enters low-volume production with Grok voice
The production-focused humanoid ships with 22-DoF hands and Tesla's AI5 chip, but remains factory-only as the company chases a 2027 consumer launch.
MVMara Vidović
Published 8 Jul 2026, 05:13Updated 29 Jul 2026, 01:171 min read
- ▸Tesla Optimus Version 3 is entering low-volume production at Fremont this summer
- ▸The robot features 22 degrees-of-freedom hands and Tesla's AI5 chip
- ▸Grok voice AI is integrated for interaction
- ▸Optimus V3 is not for sale and runs exclusively inside Tesla's own factories for now
- ▸Tesla is targeting a $20,000-$30,000 price point and a consumer launch by late 2027
Factory-first, consumer-later
Keeping V3 inside Tesla's own factories lets the company validate reliability at scale before a public launch — a notably more cautious rollout path than the company's public timelines for the robot have historically suggested.
Source: Optimus Blog
