Tesla, Inc. Q3 FY2024 Earnings Call

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  • Revenue & Profitability: Tesla remained profitable in Q3 despite a challenging automotive environment. Automotive revenues saw growth both year-over-year (YoY) and quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), but average selling prices (ASPs) declined due to financing incentives.
  • Operating Cash Flow: Record operating cash flow of $6.3 billion, showcasing strong financial performance.
  • Deliveries & Production: Tesla achieved record Q3 deliveries and produced its 7-millionth vehicle. Production has ramped up across vehicle, energy storage, and cell manufacturing units.
  • Energy Business: Energy margins hit a record high of 30%+. Lathrop Megapack factory reached a run rate of 40 GWh/year. Shanghai Megapack facility with 20 GWh/year capacity is set to begin production in Q1 2025.
  • Autonomy: Major strides in Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. Version 12.5 already delivered significant improvements; Version 13 is expected to yield a 5–6x improvement in miles between interventions. Internally, Tesla estimates FSD to outperform human drivers by Q2 2025.

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Travis Axelrod: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Tesla's Third Quarter 2024 Q&A webcast. My name is Travis Axelrod, Head of Investor Relations, and I am joined today by Elon Musk, Vaibhav Taneja and a number of other executives. Our Q3 results were announced at about 3 P.M. Central 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. Please use the raise hand button to join the question queue. Before we jump into Q&A, Elon has some opening remarks. Elon? Elon Musk: Thank you. So to recap, something that [Indiscernible] the industry I've seen year-over-year declines in order volumes in Q3. Tesla at the same time has achieved record deliveries. In fact, I think if you look at EV companies worldwide to the best of my knowledge, no EV company is even profitable. And I'm not - to the best of my knowledge, there was no EV division of any company, of any existing auto company that is profitable. So it is notable that Tesla is profitable despite a very challenging automotive environment. And this quarter actually is a record Q3

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