Tesla targeting $20-30K production cost for Optimus to achieve mass market adoption, vs. current market alternatives at $100-300K

“Elon Musk has repeatedly explained that the optimal production costs in the area of about 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars must be achieved to achieve a wide acceptance. Most of today's existing humanoid robots are moving in the price range of 100,000 to 300,000 US dollars and are more like research prototypes than scaleable consumer products.”