Recently, Tesla, an American electric vehicle manufacturer, announced its financial report for the first quarter of 2024, and CEO Elon Musk emphasized his determination to autonomous driving on the earnings call, saying that "even if aliens kidnap me tomorrow, Tesla will solve the problem of autonomous driving." ”
Musk said, "If anyone wants to invest in Tesla stock, then I strongly recommend that you definitely try FSD, if you don't know FSD, it's hard to say that you know Tesla." He also showed his determination in a humorous way, saying that no matter what, Tesla will solve the problem of self-driving.
At present, the new version of Tesla's intelligent driving software FSD (full self-driving) has been renamed from the test version of "FSD Beta" to "FSD Supervised", many foreign media believe that this means that FSD has ended the public beta and entered the stage of commercialization, and recently Tesla also announced that the FSD monthly subscription and package price has been reduced, the FSD subscription price has been reduced from $199 to $99 per month, and the purchase price of the FSD package has also dropped from $12,000 to $8,000.
Regarding the regulatory status of FSD and its development, Musk said that several states in the United States have begun to adopt self-driving cars, and he believes that once the regulator confirms that FSD is safer than human driving, it will approve its application. However, he also said that it is crucial to provide sufficient data to prove that self-driving cars are safer than human-driven cars.
At the same time, there are also many comments that Tesla FSD has a safety risk in many cases. For example, without lidar, it is easy to have problems in complex situations such as extreme weather, which is difficult to solve by means of calculations, etc., in any case, Musk expressed optimism about the prospects of autonomous driving, and believes that "we are moving towards the future of autonomous driving for electric vehicles." Gasoline cars are as outdated as riding a horse and using a flip phone. ”
In addition, Musk also revealed the progress of the humanoid robot Optimus, saying that at the moment Optimus has been able to perform simple operations, and this year will try to carry out preliminary production for internal use and testing. By the end of next year, the humanoid robot is scheduled to be mass-produced in limited quantities and supplied to external customers. Musk also stressed that Optimus will be "more valuable than any other product combined" and that Tesla's AI inference technology is also very different from any other company.
Combined with the fact that not long ago NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang also said that "robots will become popular devices", the manufacturing cost is expected to be much lower than people expected, and the price may not exceed $1-20,000, which is comparable to the current price of cheap cars, and will show a more agile and versatile side in some environments, which is expected to improve productivity, perhaps Musk is also heading for this path, which is worth looking forward to.