Earlier this year Elon Musk said that Tesla will be moving car profile settings to the cloud. Any Tesla will automatically adjust to you, Musk said.
We saw the first signs of profile syncing back in version 2021.40. In this update, Tesla had references to a new feature called "Cloud Profiles," and mentioned vehicle syncing for individual driver profiles.
In 2021.40 we got a sneak peek at the UI for Cloud Profiles and how it may function.
Then in late December, Twitter @Kristennetten asked Elon if she updated her home address in her profile, whether the address would also update in her car. Elon explicitly said that this was a feature that was coming in the future.
The feature has yet to become available, but with the release of 2022.8.2, we're now seeing some additional changes related to Cloud Profiles in the car's firmware.
According to Tesla enthusiast @greentheonly, Tesla has added additional code to the 2022.8 release related to cloud profiles.
There's now a new Account Link (Beta) section according to Greentheonly, which will let you link a Tesla account to a specific vehicle profile.
Once your Tesla account is linked to a car profile, that car's profile will automatically appear in any other Teslas under your account.
These vehicles could be rentals or owned by you. As long as they show up in your Tesla app then your car profile will become available on that vehicle.
Looks like cloud accounts are getting a boost. There's now "Account Link (Beta)" where you can link/unlink a car profile to online account, and you can set a recovery pin too. When you unlink a profile from account, it disappears from all other cars except current
Some of us have multiple profiles for different use cases. Some popular profile options are to create one for driving in the snow with lower regenerative braking and less acceleration.
Sometimes owners like to create a different profile whether they're driving with a thick jacket on or high heels, or even a profile for driving a more related state.
It's not clear whether Tesla will allow you to sync multiple profiles to a single Tesla account, or if you'll be limited to one.
In the car's Profiles menu, there will be a new option under each profile that will let you choose whether that profile is linked to your Tesla account.
Having your car profile sync to multiple vehicles will be especially useful when renting a Tesla. It'll provide a consistent experience across vehicles and it'll save you time from having to adjust preferences such as your seat, mirrors, music preferences, and more.
This could be important for certain settings such as 'Stopping Mode'.
When you first get in the car, you may expect it to behave like your own Tesla and if the Stopping Mode is set to something else like roll, it could cause you to roll unexpectedly.
If you rent a Tesla or use one as a loaner, it'll feel almost magical being able to get in it and have it automatically adjust to you.
Your Autopilot and navigation settings are also saved to your profile and those would carry over to other vehicles as well.
Seat and mirror positions are saved for each driver as well, however, we only expect these settings to carry over if the Tesla models are the same. For example, your seat position wouldn't carry over from a Model 3 to a Model X, but it would be from a Model 3 to a Model 3 or maybe even a Model Y.
Tesla will also include options for you to unlink your vehicle profile from your Tesla account, which will cause the profile to disappear from other vehicles that it's synced to.
It's not clear when Tesla will launch Cloud Profiles, but it looks like it has been in development for a while now and with the recent findings in the public build of 2022.8.2, we may see this feature in the near future.
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“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.
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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