Elon Musk admitted on Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings call today that the company doesn’t have any Optimus robots doing useful work in its factories right now. Yes, I’m confident they will do useful things.”Today (January 2026): Musk admitted that no Optimus robots are currently doing useful work in Tesla’s factories. We documented last month that Tesla never came close to producing thousands of Optimus robots in 2025. During the earnings call, Musk was specifically asked about how many Optimus robots Tesla has, and he didn’t answer. Meanwhile, Tesla claimed had Optimus robots were doing “real work” in factories almost two years ago now.