Tesla, Inc. Q3 FY2023 Earnings Call
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- Vehicle Deliveries: Deliveries outpaced production despite factory downtimes for upgrades. Tesla reaffirmed full-year delivery guidance at approximately 1.8 million vehicles.
- Cost Reductions: Vehicle cost per unit decreased to approximately $37,500, down about $2,000 year-over-year, helped by lower material and freight costs.
- Energy Business: Energy deployments reached 4 GWh, with Megapack leading strong growth. The energy division posted record profitability and is now Tesla's highest margin business.
- AI and Autonomy: Elon Musk highlighted progress with FSD v12, describing it as “photon in, controls out,” and referred to Tesla’s AI as "Baby AGI". The FSD Beta has logged over 0.5 billion miles.
- AI Infrastructure: Tesla has completed a 10,000 H100 GPU training cluster, rapidly accelerating FSD training capacity.
- Cybertruck: Launch imminent, but Musk emphasized the difficulty in ramping to volume production. He expects it to become cash-flow positive 12–18 months post-launch. Over 1 million reservations have been received.
- 4680 Battery Cell: Production up 40% QoQ. Cybertruck-specific cells now in production in Texas with higher energy density. Kato Road site being retooled for next-gen cell development.
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