Optimus Army Incoming: Tesla Breaks Ground on Robot Production Site

Tesla is moving quickly to turn the Optimus humanoid robot from concept into large-scale reality, as new drone footage confirms construction efforts taking place at Giga Texas, where a stand-alone production facility is getting ready.

• Tesla begins land clearing and site prep for a dedicated Optimus plant at Giga Texas.
• Production target: 10 million Optimus units annually from Texas alone.
• Fremont continues pilot-line manufacturing until Texas ramps.

Tesla Starts Construction on New Optimus Manufacturing Facility

Indeed, Tesla is officially accelerating its humanoid robot roadmap, preparing a major expansion at Gigafactory Texas to support the company’s long-term Optimus production goals, judging by the new footage captured by drone operator Joe Tegtmeyer and shared on November 10.

As it happens, the footage shows active construction teams clearing land, leveling ground, and mobilizing equipment, all early signs of a large-scale buildout. These construction efforts signal that Tesla is preparing not just a building, but an entire ecosystem, supporting logistics, transport, and future workforce movement around the Optimus facility.

The new plant will be dedicated to Optimus manufacturing, a major milestone in Tesla’s expansion from electric vehicle (EV) production to advanced robotics. While Tesla is already assembling early Optimus units on a pilot line in Fremont, California, the company has stated that full-scale manufacturing will occur primarily in Texas.

Huge Production Goal: 10 Million Units Annually

During the 2025 Shareholder Meeting, CEO Elon Musk described Optimus as potentially the biggest product in the history of the planet, projecting a staggering production target of 10 million units per year at Giga Texas. He even joked about the need for an eventual 100-million-unit factory, suggesting it may need to be built “on Mars.”

Meanwhile, Musk has consistently emphasized that Optimus could transform human work and productivity, automating repetitive or dangerous tasks and eventually reshaping the labor market. Tesla’s expectations include robotics integration in manufacturing, deployment in logistics and warehousing, long-term consumer household applications, and global rollout at unprecedented scale.

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