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Tesla is well behind the pace needed to meet its earlier stated goal of producing at least 5,000 Optimus humanoid robots this year, The Information reports. Nearly eight months into 2025, and the number of bots Tesla has produced is only in the hundreds, according to two sources. That means Tesla will either need to step it up or push back the deadline. 

The news comes after Tesla reported a 12% decline in overall revenue in the second quarter, due to falling EV sales, less cash from regulatory credits, and a decline in solar and energy storage sales. During the Q2 earnings call earlier this week, Musk said that Tesla would start production on its latest Optimus 3 design by early next year. 

“We will scale Optimus production as fast as possible and try to get to a million units a year as quickly as possible,” Musk said. “We think we can get there in less than five years. That’s a reasonable aspiration.”

Recall that Musk has made bold claims like this before. During Tesla’s 2019 Autonomy Day, Musk said the company would have a fleet of a million robotaxis on the road by 2020. Two years later, he said Tesla would mass-produce robotaxis by 2024. Neither of those projections has yet come to pass.

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Wednesday a proposal that would give Apple’s and Google’s mobile platforms “strategic market status” — a designation that allows the regulator to create rules that could change how their app stores operate and how their mobile software works.

The move is designed to create a more open, competitive environment for the app economy and user choice. However, Apple and Google have pushed back at the proposals, with Apple saying changes would compromise user security and privacy. A final decision on the matter will arrive in October, after the two companies present their cases.

If the proposal goes through, it would give the CMA the ability to address issues like the commission rates on in-app purchases, the app review process, app rankings, restrictions on developer access to certain technology, and default settings that could reduce competition, among other things. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, which has been involved in antitrust lawsuits against the tech giants, expressed his disappointment in the proposed roadmap, as it doesn’t allow for competing mobile app stores like the Epic Games Store.