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Daymond John: Tesla robots will cost $30k in two years and $5k in five

Daymond John · My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John · Jul 16, 2025 · at 39:13

Daymond John discusses the rapid deflation and adoption curve of humanoid robotics with Codie Sanchez.

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“Well, I think that if robots are going to be 30,000 dollars a piece from, what do you call it? Tesla? In two years? They're going to be 5000 in five years.”

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The claim, plainly

Tesla humanoid robots will be priced around $30,000 within two years (by July 2027) and drop to $5,000 within five years (by July 2030).

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Assessment

The claim contains two specific temporal price milestones from July 16, 2025: reaching approximately $30,000 within two years (by July 2027) and dropping to $5,000 within five years (by July 2030). As of September 2, 2026, neither milestone deadline has passed. Tesla Optimus is currently in pre-commercial internal deployment and testing, with initial external availability and retail pricing not yet active. Because the stated horizons remain in the future, the prediction cannot be definitively judged at this time.

As of August 2026, Tesla Optimus is not available for retail purchase, preorder, or deposit, with all units deployed internally for testing and factory tasks.
Tesla has publicly discussed a long-term target price of $20,000 to $30,000 once mass production scale is achieved, with public sales targeted to begin late 2027.
Both the two-year horizon (July 2027) and the five-year horizon (July 2030) postdate the current evaluation date of September 2, 2026.

Checked against

[1] optimusk.blog [2] robozaps.com [3] facebook.com [4] robozaps.com [5] grabarobot.com [6] optimusk.blog

Tesla humanoid robot commercial price availability timeline Tesla Optimus pricing timeline Elon Musk

assessed as of 2026-09-02

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⏳ prediction date: 2030-07-16; checked again automatically on the next resolution wave

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