Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted that most of Tesla’s corporate value will come from the humanoid robot..

Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted that most of Tesla’s corporate value will come from the humanoid robot “Optimus,” which is currently being developed.

On social media X (X, formerly Twitter) on the 1st (local time), Musk affirmed the importance of Optimus by replying to posts that Tesla’s future core businesses are self-driving software (FSD) and Optimus.

“Those are the biggest factors,” he said. “80% of Tesla’s value will be Optimus.”

Musk also claimed in June last year that Optimus would grow Tesla into a $25 trillion company. This is more than half of the total value of the S&P 500 at the time.

In March this year, it also announced plans to produce 5,000 Optimus units within this year. Tesla aims to develop and sell intelligent robots that can perform factory work as well as housework.

In a conference call in January this year, he said, “No company is better at AI in the real world than Tesla,” and he was confident that large-scale investments in robots and AI would “early pay off in the future.”

Musk’s comments come as Tesla is experiencing sluggish sales in major markets around the world.

Tesla has suffered a slump in sales due to competition with its affordable Chinese rivals, an aging lineup of electric vehicles, Musk’s political risks and controversy over its links to the Trump administration.

Sales of new vehicles in Europe plunged 40.2% in July from a year earlier, while sales in China, which accounts for more than 60% of the global electric vehicle market, also fell 12%. In the Indian market, it received only about 600 orders for about a month.

U.S. economic media CNBC analyzed on the 2nd, “With Tesla continuing sluggish sales for several consecutive quarters, Musk is convincing Wall Street to find Tesla’s future in robots.”