Tesla is nearly three weeks away from its Robotaxi unveiling occasion in Los Angeles, and expectations are excessive.
Analysts from Morgan Stanley are evidently trying ahead to what Tesla plans to carry to the occasion, which is not going to solely exhibit the brand new Robotaxi car, however “just a few different issues” as effectively, CEO Elon Musk mentioned.
What these different issues are isn’t public data, however some consider current patents involving wi-fi charging might be concerned.
Morgan Stanley mentioned in a observe to buyers this morning that it believes greater than simply the “Cybercab” unveiling and rides within the car to achieve what shareholders are anticipating:
“Heading into Tesla’s 10/10 robotaxi occasion, we’re, frankly, struggling to see how the day can dwell as much as buyers’ excessive expectations. Aside from demonstrating FSD v12.5 and providing rides in a Gen 1 ‘Cybertcab,’ what else is in retailer?”
This brings to the forefront the concept that Tesla might want to carry different data to the occasion, data that may undoubtedly reply the questions that shareholders and others could have.
Morgan Stanley says these three issues should be answered:
- Security – “Will buyers see knowledge evaluating the security of Tesla’s AV car expertise to human driving?”
- Enchancment – “Can buyers get an excellent sense of the speed of change of efficiency throughout current iterations of FSD?”
- Methodology – “What is going to buyers be taught concerning the vital enabling applied sciences to drive additional enchancment in FSD/cybercab autonomy?”
The observe additionally dives into the synergy between Tesla and CEO Elon Musk’s different corporations, significantly the brand new AGI startup referred to as xAI.
Second new $TSLA observe of the day from Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas.
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Musk’s AGI startup (xAI). The frequent denominator? Coaching and simulation… deterministic to Tesla’s future in robotics, autonomy and… pic.twitter.com/8Bm6pyY0px— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) September 18, 2024
xAI might show to be a serious benefactor within the Tesla autonomy story transferring ahead, particularly contemplating its means to help the automaker’s bold computation targets that may help autonomy.
In the end, the ten/10 occasion has extremely excessive expectations from an investor standpoint. Musk has agreed that will probably be essentially the most “vital second for Tesla” for the reason that Mannequin 3 was unveiled years again.
Tesla’s 10/10 Robotaxi occasion most vital unveiling since Mannequin 3: Musk
After all, it goes a lot additional than the occasion, as Tesla will nonetheless have to unravel autonomy, which might be a multi-year course of. Tesla has been bold in its estimations of when it will remedy the Full Self-Driving suite up to now, solely to come back up brief. Some main advances have to be made for buyers to be really satisfied.
If Tesla can show they’re on observe, the occasion does have the potential to be really groundbreaking.
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