Tesla's Investor Day: Master Plan 3, Next-Gen Platform, and HW4

By Lennon Cihak
Tesla's Investor Day is for people and Earth
Tesla's Investor Day is for people and Earth
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If you believe in a sustainable world and that technology is the means that will get us there, you may want to tune into Tesla’s Investor Day on March 1st.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to say that Investor Day is for “people and life of earth,” adding “it will be a message of good hope & positivity for the future.”

The Tesla community has been hyped up about the forthcoming Investor Day for some time. We’re anticipating that Musk will reveal the details about his Master Plan Part 3, which will likely include massive scaling to Tesla’s operations and incorporating artificial intelligence into more areas. Investor Day is also expected to cover Tesla's next-gen platform and possibly Tesla's latest FSD hardware.

What to Expect at Tesla’s Investor Day

With the recent sightings of the forthcoming Cybertruck, we may receive some updates about the futuristic vehicle and its gnarly features.

Hardware 4.0

The leak of Tesla's FSD hardware 4.0 is also notable. Tesla and Musk may provide viewers with insight into hardware 4, such as its release, performance, and the addition of cameras and HD radar after the removal of USS.

Next Generation Platform

Tesla owners and the EV community alike have been eager to learn more about the company’s next generation platform. The next-generation platform could be the foundation for Tesla's upcoming robotaxi, configurable van, or a smaller vehicle that would increase EV affordability.

Capturing the attention of ICE owners looking to switch to an EV also plays a part in Musk’s Master Plan.

Master Plan Part 3

When Musk unveiled his original Master Plan in 2006, he outlined his goals for transitioning the world into sustainable energy. At the time, Tesla was going to first build a sports car, then use that money to build an affordable car, then use that money to fund research and development of an even more affordable car. While completing all of this, Tesla would provide zero-emission electric power generation options.

Musk’s plan has gone as designed so far and expanded exponentially since then. They’ve designed, developed, and produced bleeding-edge technology that powers the entire fleet and company.

Now it's time for Tesla to reveal its latest ambitions and the goals the company feels they need to achieve to get to the next level. Musk will reveal Tesla's master plan part 3 at Investor Day in just a couple of weeks.

Musk Teases New Model for Early 2025 That Will Use a Mix of Next-Gen and Current Platforms

By Cláudio Afonso

“We have updated our future vehicle line-up to accelerate the launch of new models ahead of our previously communicated start of production in the second half of 2025”. This was one of the key sentences that were part of Tesla’s deck shared on Tuesday directly before its financial results.

Since Reuters’ report a few weeks ago saying Tesla had “scrapped” the highly expected cheaper model— which Elon quickly denied on X —retail and institutional shareholders started asking for more details on Tesla’s product roadmap for 2024 and beyond.

In the earnings conference call, Elon Musk reiterated that Tesla expects to launch the next model in “early 2025, if not late this year”.

“We've updated our future vehicle lineup to accelerate the launch of new models ahead of previously mentioned start of production in the second half of 2025. So, we expect it to be more like the early 2025, if not late this year. “

Over concerns of temporary production halts to update the factories for these new models, Musk said that Tesla will produce new models with certain aspects from their next-generation platform and current models. This will reduce the number of changes needed on production lines and allow Tesla not only to ramp up production faster but also to get the vehicles to market quicker.

Model Y Redesign

Tesla appears to hit that their next-gen vehicle will be less “next-gen” than they were initially aiming for, but to get a new vehicle out the door by late 2024, the process would already have to be in motion. Tesla may likely be referring to the redesigned Model Y, which is expected to reuse many parts from the new Model 3. Earlier this year, Tesla said that the redesigned Model Y will not be released this year, so it makes sense that they’re looking to speed up that production.

Tesla CEO concluded by saying that these measures will allow Tesla to reach a capacity of over 3 million units. Tesla produced 1.84 million vehicles in 2023. However, this year they’re ramping up Cybertruck production and introduced the new Model 3 into new markets.

And we think this should allow us to get to over 3 million vehicles of capacity when realized to the full extent.

Tesla reported on Tuesday its earnings results followed by a conference call where it teased its upcoming Robotaxi and its next-generation platform saying its “purpose-built Robotaxi product will continue to pursue a revolutionary ‘unboxed’ manufacturing strategy”.

Earlier in the day, Tesla announced the new Performance variant of its sedan Model 3 with deliveries in the United States starting already next month. The new version starts at $45,490 (after applying the $7,500 Federal EV tax credit) and goes from 0 to 60mph in 2.9 seconds.

Tesla on FSD: Close to License Deal With Major Automaker, Announces Miles Driven on FSD v12

By Cláudio Afonso

On Tuesday Tesla reported its earnings results followed by a conference call that brought several updates on the company’s roadmap for future vehicles, autonomous driving, Optimus and much more.

While answering a question from Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Delaney about updates on the licensing of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology, Elon Musk said they’re talking to one major auto manufacturer and there’s “a good chance” the company signs the first deal before year-end. However, he went on to say that it would probably be three years before the necessary changes are integrated into the car.

I think we have a good chance we do sign a deal this year

Brings Benefits to Tesla

The technology would require other automakers to start using the same cameras and hardware as Tesla, meaning that Tesla may not only generate money from licensing FSD but also from selling the hardware itself. However, there would be other benefits as well. When licensing FSD, Tesla would likely own the data gathered with the system well, further helping them with data and edge cases that need to be solved to reach full autonomy.

people don't understand all cars will need to be smart cars… Once that becomes obvious, I think licensing becomes not optional.

Tesla’s Chief Financial Officer Vaibhav Taneja commented pointing out that future partners “take a lot of time in their product life cycle” resulting in a gap between the deal signing and the arrival in the market of Tesla’s FSD software.

Miles Driven With FSD

On the conference call, Musk added that Tesla now has over 300 million miles that have been driven with FSD v12 since it was launched just last month. He added that it's becoming “very clear that the vision-based approach with end-to-end neural networks is the right solution for scalable autonomy”.

Tesla said it will continue to increase its “core AI infrastructure capacity in the coming months” adding that in the first quarter, it completed the transition to hardware 4.0 with China now receiving the upgraded FSD computer and cameras.

Over the weekend, Tesla reduced the price of FSD dropping it from $12,000 to $8,000 for customers in the United States and from CA$16,000 to CA$11,000 in Canada.

Earlier this month, Tesla implemented a 50% price reduction for FSD subscriptions in the U.S. and introduced the subscription model in Canada at a great value of CA$99 per month.

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