Elon Musk teased the release of Tesla's "Master Plan Part 3" on Twitter one day before the automaker's first European production opened, indicating ambitions to scale Tesla to the "extreme."
Musk disclosed the themes that would dominate the next chapter of Tesla's long-term strategy on Twitter on Monday: artificial intelligence and scaling the automaker's operations.
"The main Tesla subjects will be scaling to extreme sizes, which is required to transition humanity away from fossil fuels, and AI," Musk said in a tweet. "However, there will be portions on SpaceX, Tesla, and The Boring Company."
The proposal might define Tesla's "extreme size," as well as the automaker's approach for scaling its manufacturing and supply chain in the face of a global pandemic and supply chain constraint.
On Tuesday, Tesla is set to establish its first factory in Europe. In order to compete with Volkswagen, Europe's largest automaker, and its $100 billion investment in electric vehicles, the $5 billion factory in Berlin is expected to produce more than half a million electric vehicles yearly.
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Due to an increase in China's Omicron cases and supply chain restrictions, Tesla shut down its round-the-clock Shanghai Gigafactory for two days last week. This facility manufactures approximately 2,000 automobiles per day and exports a large quantity of Model 3 and Model Y vehicles to Europe.
The "Master Plan's" first two parts proved to be an accurate road map for the company's product and technological development; the first part, a 2006 blog post titled "The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (only between you and me)," explained Tesla's proof of concept.
Musk's Master Plan update, "Part Deux," a decade later, detailed intentions to develop battery storage and introduce new models, including a battery-electric pickup truck and SUV. Now that the firm is nearing the end of the second section, Musk has begun teasing the next chapter of Tesla on Twitter.
This is also the first time the Master Plans will focus on individual Musk companies, fuelling rumours that he may be planning to form an umbrella corporation to house all of his businesses. The tweet's mention of SpaceX and The Boring Company, on the other hand, could be a hint at future collaborations between the two businesses.
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