Is Tesla Planning to Produce the Optimus in Germany?

Tesla’s job postings for its Holzgerlingen facility, southwest of Stuttgart, are seeking engineers to work on the production machinery for transmissions for the Tesla Optimus.

So far, two production sites are known for Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus. One is in Fremont, where the production hall—with an annual capacity of one million humanoids—is set to replace the current Model S and Model X production lines; the other is in Austin, where a new factory with an annual capacity of 10 million is currently being built.

The job postings for robotics engineers in Holzgerlingen appear to be for Tesla Automation. This unit sets up production lines for Tesla worldwide. Does the search for additional staff in Germany, of all places, mean that Tesla is (also) planning a production site for the Tesla Optimus in Germany?

This article was also published in German.