Grok 4.5 is doing more than winning benchmarks! In @TeslaLarry's workflow, a rival model was under 10% faster but cost 4x more. Now Elon wants the next Grok to “close the loop” on real-world engineering across his companies. That led us into a much bigger conversation about what happens when cheaper intelligence meets real-world manufacturing: > Grok was cheaper than the open-source models Larry benchmarks against, potentially making some workflows viable weekly or even daily instead of monthly > The next release is intended to tackle engineering problems across Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company > Also, Tesla dismantled the Model S/X line at Fremont in just 46 days to make way for Optimus production > The new line is expected to use modular equipment built and tested in Germany before being installed at Fremont > Larry believes Tesla will need several rounds of iteration before it works out how to automate humanoid production at scale # @grok could make engineering intelligence dramatically cheaper. # @Tesla_Optimus will test whether Tesla can turn that intelligence into machines at industrial scale. ⚡Full episode linked in the post below.