In early January 2026, during a conversation at Tesla's Texas Gigafactory, Elon Musk outlined an extremely ambitious and radical vision for the future beyond 2026, summarizing his core visions and predictions:

① 2026 is the "Year of Singularity" and the inaugural year for AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)
Musk explicitly considers 2026 as a critical turning point for humanity entering the technological singularity, with AGI expected to be realized within the year (possibly within a few months). AI intelligence will explode at an "ultra-exponential" rate of over 10 times per year, rapidly entering the "supersonic tsunami" phase after 2026. By 2030, the total AI intelligence will surpass the combined intelligence of all humans.
② Optimus humanoid robots will become the greatest product in human history, achieving mass production and capability explosion from 2026 to 2029
Giga Texas will add an 8 million square foot dedicated Optimus factory (close to the scale of existing car factories), aiming for annual production of millions to tens of millions of units.
Future robots will possess human-level dexterity + super AI brains + self-production capabilities, ultimately evolving from factory workers to household assistants and the all-powerful "super blue-collar" workers.
③ Cybercab/Robotaxi and autonomous driving will enter the "Jetsons era," achieving key milestones in 2026
Cybercab (driverless taxis) will begin mass production in 2026 (some sources point to production starting in April at Giga Texas), and fully autonomous driving on public roads will be achieved before the end of the year.
④ Energy, electricity, and a prosperous society: a materially abundant era leading to "Universal High Income"
The biggest bottleneck in the AI/robot era is electricity (not algorithms). Tesla will double the US grid capacity through large-scale desert solar energy + Megapack energy storage, without building new power plants.
A one-sentence summary of the overall vision:
From 2026 onward, Tesla will lead humanity in transforming from a "car company" into a "super-species" of "AI + robots + energy + autonomy," bringing unprecedented prosperity, but the transition period (3-7 years) will be filled with intense turbulence and social restructuring.
This conversation is called by many as "Elon Musk's 2026 New Year Programmatic Declaration," with almost all major predictions pointing to the same ultimate outcome: an exponential explosion of intelligence and productivity that will completely reshape civilization.