Tesla, Inc. Q4 FY2022 Earnings Call

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  • Record Year Performance: In 2022, Tesla delivered 1.3 million vehicles, a 40% increase YoY. Achieved a 17% operating margin (highest among volume carmakers), $12.5 billion in net income, and $7.5 billion in free cash flow.
  • Demand Outlook: January 2023 saw the highest YTD order rate in company history, reportedly nearly double production. Price cuts in early Q1 sparked significant order increase, leading Tesla to increase prices on some models like Model Y in response.
  • Price Cuts & Margins Impact: Despite ASP reductions, Tesla expects gross automotive margins (excluding credits and leases) to remain above 20% in Q1 2023; ASP forecasted above $47k. Tesla is focused more on operating margins than just gross margin line items.
  • Autopilot & FSD: Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta now rolled out to ~400,000 North American users. Tesla hit 100 million cumulative FSD Beta miles. Elon Musk emphasized long-term value in FSD capable vehicles, predicting large future revenue from software upgrades.
  • 4680 Battery Production: Tesla hit production milestone of enough 4680 cells for 1,000 vehicles per week at end of 2022. Further capacity expansion underway; Nevada facility to add 100 GWh/year production. Target: vastly reduce costs while increasing scale in 2024.

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Martin Viecha: Good afternoon everyone and welcome to Tesla's Fourth Quarter 2022 Q&A Webcast. My name is Martin Viecha, VP of Investor Relations and I'm joined today by Elon Musk, Zachary Kirkhorn and a number of other executives. Our Q4 results were announced at about 3:00 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 Q&A session 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. But before we jump into Q&A, Elon has some opening remarks. Elon? Elon Musk: Thank you, Martin. So 2022 -- just going through the 2022 recap. It was a fantastic year for Tesla. It was our best year ever on every level. Team did an amazing job. It's an honor, of course, to work with such an incredibly talented group of people. So, in 2022, we delivered over 1.3 million cars and achieved a 17% operating margin, the highest among any volume carmaker, I think maybe among any carmaker. While doing so, we generated $12.5 billion in net income and $7.5 billion in free cash flow. Importantly, the Tesla team achieved these records, despite the fact

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