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> Tesla went into humanoid robots to pump the stock. Everything else in your comment is more locked to direct observable info. However this really isn't. Musk

> Tesla went into humanoid robots to pump the stock. Everything else in your comment is more locked to direct observable info. However this really isn't. Musk says it is: "Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on X that about 80% of his automaker’s value will come from Optimus humanoid robots. Musk said in mid-2024 that Optimus robots could make Tesla a $25 trillion company, equal to more than half the value of the S&P 500 at the time of his comment."[1] I'd like a good $35,000 electric Jeep myself. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/musk-tesla-value-optimus-robot.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/musk-tesla-value-optimus-rob...

b112 1y ago
Sure, but that's discussing the outcome of a goal. That doesn't make it the goal. To highlight this, they've been working on Optimus for what? A decade? 'Pump the stock' has more of a bait and switch, or a scammish connotation, at least to me. Every company must be aware of stock price to a degree, and tout their successes and products and goals. That's not pumping, which is often conjoined with pump'n'dump. But anyhow. What I like about that platform, is you could have that $35k electric Jeep, and I could have a $45k electric Jeep with built in generator and other fluff modz, but it would be built on the exact same platform. Same parts except for the generator+tank. One of the benefits could be space for extra bling. You could put a water tank on the mounting brackets for the fuel tank, or something else interesting. You could convert your model to a gen model, even buying parts from the wreckers on the cheap, should your circumstances change. Or the reverse! Remove the gen+tank if desired. I can imagine needed the gen+tank for 4 years, then maybe I suddenly have sufficient fast chargers locally... Heck selling a model with the wiring + tank would add minimal weight. Even just the wiring. Imagine being able to rent an engine for a week, a month, a year? The mount rails and a generic, standardized connector is there, the software supports it, an open API. So much could be done, but of course won't. But I do, as maybe you can tell, really like the idea of a shared platform.

b112 1y ago

Sure, but that's discussing the outcome of a goal. That doesn't make it the goal. To highlight this, they've been working on Optimus for what? A decade? 'Pump the stock' has more of a bait and switch, or a scammish connotation, at least to me. Every company must be aware of stock price to a degree, and tout their successes and products and goals. That's not pumping, which is often conjoined with pump'n'dump. But anyhow. What I like about that platform, is you could have that $35k electric Jeep, and I could have a $45k electric Jeep with built in generator and other fluff modz, but it would be built on the exact same platform. Same parts except for the generator+tank. One of the benefits could be space for extra bling. You could put a water tank on the mounting brackets for the fuel tank, or something else interesting. You could convert your model to a gen model, even buying parts from the wreckers on the cheap, should your circumstances change. Or the reverse! Remove the gen+tank if desired. I can imagine needed the gen+tank for 4 years, then maybe I suddenly have sufficient fast chargers locally... Heck selling a model with the wiring + tank would add minimal weight. Even just the wiring. Imagine being able to rent an engine for a week, a month, a year? The mount rails and a generic, standardized connector is there, the software supports it, an open API. So much could be done, but of course won't. But I do, as maybe you can tell, really like the idea of a shared platform.