Tesla, Inc. Q3 FY2020 Earnings Call

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  • Record-breaking quarter: Tesla reported its best quarter in company history with:
    • Record production and deliveries.
    • Revenue and net income at all-time highs (GAAP and non-GAAP).
    • Free cash flow of $1.4 billion, the highest in Tesla’s history.
    • Operating cash flow of $2.4 billion.
    • Cash balance reached $14.5 billion.
  • Automotive gross margin: Gross margin improved significantly from Q2:
    • Up to 23.7% from 18.7% previously.
    • Some product lines achieved >25% margins.
    • Improvements driven by cost reductions, factory localization, and increased reliability.
    • Model Y cost approaching Model 3 Fremont cost levels.
  • Regulatory credits:
    • Revenue from credits was stronger than expected.
    • Tesla expects to more than double regulatory credit revenue YoY.
  • Earnings impact from CEO compensation:
    • $300 million expense related to tranche vesting of Elon Musk’s CEO grant.
  • Model and factory updates:
    • Giga Berlin and Giga Texas both under construction with first deliveries expected in 2021.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Tesla Q3 2020 Financial Results and Q&A Webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker, Mr. Martin Viecha, Senior Director of Investor Relations. Please, go ahead, sir. Martin Viecha: Thank you, Sherry, and good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Tesla's third quarter 2020 Q&A webcast. I'm joined today by Elon Musk, Zachary Kirkhorn and a number of other executives. Our Q3 results were announced at about 1 PM Pacific time in the update deck we published at the same link as this webcast. During this call, we will discuss our business outlook and make forward-looking statements. These comments are based on our predictions and expectations as of today. Actual events or results could differ materially due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those mentioned in our most recent filings with the SEC. During the question-and-answer portion of today's call, please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up. [Operator Instructions] But before we jump into the Q&A, Elon has some opening remarks. Elon? Elon Musk: Thanks, Martin. All right. So Q3 was our best quarter in history. We achieved the record production deliveries, record revenue, record net income; both GAAP and non-GAAP and record free cash flow of $1.

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