Tesla's highly anticipated 'Investor Day' event takes place today at its headquarters in Austin, Texas. The event starts early for factory tours and Plaid demo rides, but the main events will be Tesla's keynote at 3 pm CST and the Q&A session that will follow it at 4:30 pm.
Watch Tesla's live stream of the keynote and the Q&A session below.
What Time Does Investor Day Start?
Tesla's live stream starts at 3:00 pm CST, which is the following times around the world:
1:00 pm Pacific
4:00 pm Eastern
9:00 pm London
10:00 pm Berlin
8:00 am (March 2nd) Sydney
Watch Tesla's 'Investor Day' Event Live
Watch Tesla's live stream below:
Investor Day Agenda
11 am: Event Check-In
11 am - 2:45 pm: Factory Tours and Plaid Demo Rides
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Keynotes
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Q&A
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Meet & Greet
What to Expect at Investor Day
Master Plan Part 3
At 3:00 pm, the keynote speeches will take place, during which Musk is expected to unveil his Master Plan Part 3. These plans have served as the roadmap for Tesla, providing insight into the company's future.
Elon Musk has not disclosed specific details about Master Plan Part 3. Still, he has previously hinted that it will focus on scaling Tesla's operations to an extreme size and incorporating artificial intelligence into the company's operations. The CEO has also stated that the plan will encompass his other ventures, such as SpaceX and The Boring Company.
New Gigafactory
Tesla also needs to increase its production capacity, and we expect Tesla to officially announce that their next Gigafactory will be in Mexico.
Cybertruck
We also expect to find out more about Tesla's upcoming vehicles. WholeMarsCatalog recently tweeted that 40 individuals will be receiving rides in the Tesla Cybertruck.
We don't know whether this will be in one of Tesla's latest prototypes but he could give us more details of Tesla's latest changes to their pickup truck.
FSD Hardware 4.0
Tesla's FSD hardware 4.0 has already been leaked, but we think that Tesla may officilaly reveal the new FSD hardware suite at the event. Tesla could announce that all vehicles now ship or will soon ship with HW4. If Tesla talks about the new hardware, they'll likely go into much more detail and we'll find out new information about the cameras and radar.
Next Generation Platform
Tesla previously announced that their next-generation platform will be a focus of the event. It's not clear whether Tesla will announce a specific vehicle or simply the platform that various vehicles will soon be built on.
There have been various rumors and information floating around about Tesla's upcoming vehicles, such as the robotaxi, a configurable van, and a more affordable Tesla. It's possible one or all of these vehicles will leverage Tesla's next-gen platform.
Investor Day is expected to be an action-packed event that will reveal a lot of information on what Tesla is working on and what it will deliver later this year and in the future.
Elon Musk had this to say about their upcoming event, Investor Day is for “people and life of earth,” adding “it will be a message of good hope & positivity for the future.”
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Tesla previously told its employees on the Cybertruck production line that work would be halted for three business days and that they would not be required to show up to Giga Texas for any other work. Work was halted on the Cybertruck line from December 3rd until December 6th.
Many speculated that Tesla had hit a demand mark with the Cybertruck or run into other production-related difficulties. However, pausing production for such a short period is a fairly normal business operation, as Tesla continuously retools and upgrades its production lines.
Halts for business demand tend to look more similar to Ford’s F-150 Lightning production halt - where they halted production from November 18, 2024, until January 6, 2025. Ford also announced that this production halt was due to reduced demand for its electric truck in the face of stiffer competition.
Cybertunnel
In this case, part of the reason for the halt could potentially have been due to upgrades to the underground tunnel that is used to move Cybertrucks fresh from the production line to the holding lot at Giga Texas. Tesla has been working on improving the production flow rate for its vehicle - and rather than encountering issues with production, they’ve previously mentioned they’ve had issues with getting vehicles out of their outbound parking lots and off their assembly lines - and into customers’ hands fast enough.
The Cybertunnel moves trucks from inside Giga Texas to the holding lot just outside the factory. At that holding lot, they’re either loaded into trains or trucks to be transported across North America. The tunnel passes underneath Texas Highway 130, helping to ensure that Tesla isn’t clogging up traffic crossing the highway with brand-new trucks.
More Shut Downs?
It’s likely we’ll see even more shutdowns at Giga Texas in the coming months. Tesla has shown that it intends to continue increasing production rates at Giga Texas, which means it will need time to upgrade its assembly lines and processes. In addition, the Model Y is also produced at Giga Texas—and once the Model Y Juniper arrives, there will need to be shutdowns to accommodate re-tooling.
So, no need to stress - it's just regular operations. And we get to see a cool Cyber-themed tunnel too. In the meantime, check out Joe Tegtmeyer’s drone video of Giga Texas below.
Giga Texas on this cold 6 December 2024 morning! Big news with the @boringcompany paving & tunnel covering structure on W side, new mystery construction on W side of GA, continued work on SW corner for tunnel alternate exit & production of both @cybertruck & Model Y today,… pic.twitter.com/94a894ix1I
Tesla’s FSD V13 introduced a host of new features, including the ability to Unpark itself, travel in reverse, and Park at its destination. While FSD can now navigate itself out of a parking spot or garage, there are limited options when arriving at your destination, but that’s about to change.
Garage Support
Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s VP of AI, confirmed on X that a future revision of FSD V13 will introduce a variety of parking options, including parking in garages, driveways, parking spots, or simply pulling over on the side of the road. Drivers will presumably be able to pick when choosing a location, or maybe the vehicle will offer suggestions based on the location.
This will be a big addition, as today, FSD doesn’t understand how to park in a garage or driveway. Some owners trick FSD into parking in their driveway by using tape or road paint to outline parking spots.
Soon, that may not be necessary, and instead, FSD will simply back itself into your garage. This feature will probably work best in larger garages—extremely tight garages may not work, given the reduced precision of vision at extremely close distances.
We hope that if Tesla introduces this feature, they’ll sell printable guides you can stick on the garage walls or floor to help ensure your vehicle is in the perfect spot every time. Many commenters mentioned that they park in urban/suburban garages with only inches to spare around their vehicles, so this will be an interesting challenge for Tesla to address.
Parking Garages
Parking garages offer their own unique problem set. For the most part, FSD can already navigate its way out of a parking garage, assuming that there aren’t any special gates or sequenced/signaled signage.
It is also able to find a parking spot in multi-level garages and navigate its way out. More support for multi-level parking garages is coming, as FSD seems to stick to the garage walls until it can find the exit itself. It seems that Tesla’s data gathering and vehicle-to-fleet communication could aid Tesla in figuring out parking garages in terms of knowing the entrances and exits.
FSD 13.2 enters a parking garage. I then park it on the second floor and it escapes the parking garage. I then park it on the snow covered roof and... pic.twitter.com/GxfsldfkUz
In the Upcoming Improvements section of FSD V13, Tesla mentions that more destination options will be supported, including pulling over (at the side of the road) and parking in a spot, driveway, or garage.
These other destination options are going to be important soon - because one of the biggest FSD features we’re all still waiting for is Banish AutoPark. Once your vehicle can pull over at the entrance of a location and then go park itself, we’re going to be super close to Unsupervised FSD becoming a reality.
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