In recent days, there have been rumors that Tesla is expected to obtain a large order of 10,000 units of "Optimus 3+", but a new incident has occurred. The cause of the matter was that Bright Green, which trades on the US Pink Sheets market, announced on September 15, local time, that it would merge with pharmaceutical infrastructure platform company PharmAGRI Capital Partners and appoint major shareholder Lynn Stockwell as chairman and CEO of the reorganized PharmAGRI company.
Hidden in this unremarkable announcement was news that shocked the capital market: the little-known PharmAGRI announced its cooperation with Tesla, the leader in robotics, AI, and electric vehicles, and claimed thatBoth parties have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI), will deploy up to 100,000 in its self-operated farms, API synthesis and prescription drug production.10,000 Optimus 3+Robots can eliminate low-paying repetitive jobs while complying with labor regulations.
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New chairman Lynn Stockwell also commented: "Through decisive commitment and disciplined execution, we have opened the door to a future powered by Tesla -Ensure procurement and deployment of Optimus 3+ robots, and advanced technologies to streamline operating blueprints. "
To put it simply, there are roughly three points that shock the capital market: When will Optimus have a 3+ version? Why did Tesla find an unknown company to invest in 10,000 robots? PharmAGRI's official website is full of photos of Optimus operating on various occasions. Have the two companies already begun cooperation?
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Historical data shows that Tesla initially announced the humanoid robot concept Tesla Bot at the first AI Day in 2021, and then announced the crude Optimus prototype at the AI Day the following year. At the end of 2023, the company released the second-generation Optimus in black and white.Until early September this year, Tesla released another gold-painted robot, but Musk quickly emphasized that this was the Optimus 2.5 version, not the third generation.
(3 versions of Optimus, source: Tesla)
Therefore, the Optimus 3+ claimed by PharmAGRI should be an upgraded version of the third-generation Optimus - but now even the third-generation version is still in the process of creation.Musk publicly said last week that Tesla was "having difficulty" finalizing the final design of the Optimus robot, mainly because of difficulties in perfecting the model's hand design.
He said: "We are currently encountering difficulties in the final design of the hardware. The hand, including the forearm, is the main part of the engineering difficulty of the entire robot."
According to reports in July,Also due to difficulties with hand design, Tesla is falling far behind its goal of producing 5,000 Optimus robots by 2025——Only a few hundred units have been produced so far, and many are not even assembled. At the same time, in an analyst conference call, Musk also avoided questions about "Optimus revenue in the next two to three years," saying that it is difficult to predict the situation one or two years later. It can only be expected that Tesla will produce 1 million robots per year by 2030.
Musk also said that once Tesla expands production capacity, the manufacturing cost of Optimus is expected to eventually drop to US$20,000 to US$25,000 per unit.
Considering that Bright Green’s current market value is only about $7 million, andThe company also filed for bankruptcy protection in February this year, so it is really puzzling that this company can reach cooperation with Tesla and place an intention order of 10,000 units.
Doubts on social media about the claims of the companies involved have also focused on the company’s rudimentary web page. After several days of fermentation, Musk finally expressed his opinion on the matter. He responded to a post about the PharmAGRI homepage being full of Optimus robots.
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Musk's words were concise and direct, giving him only one word: "Fake".
As of press time, in response to Musk's comments, Bright Green/PharmAGRI has not yet responded to the authenticity of his claim to "sign a letter of intent to purchase robots." Tesla has yet to comment on the "Optimus 3+" and the signing of the letter of intent.