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Elon Musk: “The current version 3 of [Optimus] I think is the right…”

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Published August 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 18:24

Again, you're really asking me for questions that are highly sensitive to the value of the company. And so that's not really something I can answer. All right. The current version 3 of [Optimus] I think is the right design to go to volume production. but it is a significant redesign from version 2, so in fact almost nothing stays the same. (18:24–18:34)

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