Tesla China Head Highlights Shanghai Factory for Optimus Robots

Wang Hao, president of Tesla China, stated on Tuesday that the company's Shanghai Gigafactory could play a pivotal role in overcoming mass production challenges for Tesla's Optimus humanoid robots, highlighting the facility's potential to expand beyond electric vehicle manufacturing.

Speaking to reporters during a government-organized tour of the Shanghai plant, Wang described the site as a "golden key" to addressing scaling issues in robotics, a bottleneck acknowledged by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. "Like other Tesla factories, Giga Shanghai can shoulder important responsibilities in manufacturing all new products, including robots, to make our contributions to the company," Wang said. "We are highly confident in welcoming the arrival of a new era of robots." This marked the first public comment from a Tesla executive on using the Shanghai facility for humanoid robot production, though Tesla China later clarified that no specific plans exist yet, emphasizing the plant's scalable capabilities and future potential.

The Shanghai Gigafactory, Tesla's largest and most productive site, produced 851,000 vehicles in 2025, accounting for 52 percent of the company's global output. In the first...