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- **AI-Driven Growth**: FSD adoption accelerating, with Austin Robotaxi safety drivers removed by end-2025 and 8+ metro launches.
- **Energy Storage Leadership**: Megapack 3/4 deployments hitting records, targeting grid efficiency improvements via 35kV direct output.
- **Optimus Production Ambitions**: 1M+ annual units by late 2026, requiring vertical integration for hand/forearm actuation.
- **Financial Strength**: $4B+ Q3 free cash flow, 29% automotive revenue growth, despite $400M+ tariffs.
- **Strategic Risks**: ISS/Glass Lewis influence over shareholder votes could derail AI/robot strategy, prompting Elon's 20%+ voting control push.

**【CEO Opening Remarks】**
- Tesla is at a critical inflection point with AI integration, positioning itself as a leader in real-world AI applications.
- Full Self-Driving (FSD) deployment is accelerating, with plans to expand production as unsupervised FSD clarity is achieved.
- Energy storage (Megapack) is transforming grid efficiency, enabling a doubling of energy output without new power plants.
- Optimus humanoid robots are nearing production readiness, with V3 expected in Q1 2026, targeting 1 million units annually by late 2026.
- The company aims to achieve 'sustainable abundance' through AI-driven automation in transportation and healthcare.

**【CFO Financial Commentary】**
- Q3 2025 revenue set new records across all regions, driven by 29% sequential growth in automotive deliveries.
- Automotive margins (15.4%) improved due to cost reductions and higher volumes, despite $400M+ tariff impacts.
- Energy storage gross profit and deployments hit records, though facing tariff and competition headwinds.
- Free cash flow reached $4B, with $9B+ 2025 CapEx targeting AI, Optimus, and Megafactory expansion.
- Operating expenses rose due to R&D investments in AI chips and restructuring costs.

**【Q&A Highlights】**
- **Robotaxi Expansion**: Safety drivers to be removed in Austin by end-2025, with 8-10 metro deployments by year-end. Fleet covers 0.25M+ miles in Austin (no driver) and 1M+ in Bay Area (supervised).
- **Megapack Demand**: Strong residential solar and grid-scale storage demand, with MegaBlock shipping from Houston in 2026.
- **Optimus Challenges**: Requires vertical integration for hand/forearm actuation, with V3 production line start in late 2026.
- **AI Chip Strategy**: Dual-sourcing AI5 with Samsung (Texas) and TSMC (Arizona) for 40x better performance than AI4, targeting data center overflow.
- **Tesla Semi**: Autonomous trucks in validation, with mass production in H2 2026, complementing trains for last-mile logistics.
- **Compensation Vote**: Elon seeks 20%+ voting control to prevent ISS/Glass Lewis 'corporate terrorism' over AI/robot army strategy.

Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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