The De-China Bill: Optimus's BOM Jumps From $46K to $131K
The humanoid bull story assumes cost falls all the way down β Musk targets $20K for Optimus. But Morgan Stanley calc'd that "de-China"-ing its supply chain jumps the BOM from ~$46K to ~$131K β nearly 3x, because the actuators, reducers, screws, and magnets that dominate cost are where China leads. The body maker's tradeoff: cheap (lean on China) or secure (swallow 3x BOM). A body can pick only one β which is why it's thinnest-margin.
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