▲ 277 ▼ Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots (www.cnbc.com) submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 140 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 116 points 9 months ago (4 children) This will be a glorious failure. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aramis87@fedia.io 37 points 9 months ago (3 children) Even if his robots were ready for primetime (they're not), I don't see how he's going to be able to price them affordably, given the RAM shortages. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago They don't need to be affordable, they will be subscribed to. What, poor, you don't have the iRobot subscription? permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago They might have at least a few years worth of contracts in place. Beyond that, hopefully the current ram situation sorts itself out? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago Tesla plan to build a "tera-plant" to make RAM. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aramis87@fedia.io 37 points 9 months ago (3 children) Even if his robots were ready for primetime (they're not), I don't see how he's going to be able to price them affordably, given the RAM shortages. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago They don't need to be affordable, they will be subscribed to. What, poor, you don't have the iRobot subscription? permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago They might have at least a few years worth of contracts in place. Beyond that, hopefully the current ram situation sorts itself out? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago Tesla plan to build a "tera-plant" to make RAM. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago They don't need to be affordable, they will be subscribed to. What, poor, you don't have the iRobot subscription? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago They might have at least a few years worth of contracts in place. Beyond that, hopefully the current ram situation sorts itself out? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago Tesla plan to build a "tera-plant" to make RAM. permalink fedilink source parent