The update detailed FSD Supervised expansions into Croatia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, totaling nine EU countries with over 100,000 customers and 160 million kilometers driven. Tesla is on track for 400 MW of training compute by the end of the year and expects to commission equipment at its Austin Fab in 2027. Energy operations have seen the start of Megapack 3 production at Megafactory Texas and the addition of over 2,100 Supercharger stalls, representing a 14% year over year increase.
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Tesla Starts Semi Volume Production and First Optimus Manufacturing
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The electric carmaker has unveiled a next generation Roadster and reports its largest passenger vehicle backlog in four years in a Q3 shareholder update. Tesla also shifted the Semi truck to volume production, with the top variant delivering 500 miles of range at a full 82,000 lbs capacity and efficiency of 1.7 kWh/mile. Additionally, the company has begun manufacturing its first production-quality Optimus humanoid robots on high-volume lines in Fremont, while the attach rate for FSD Supervised in North America grew to over 75% of new deliveries.
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