Tesla Model 3 Handover Event
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0:04AudienceI'm a down a stream crazy island time traveling diamond Could a she heartache Come to find your forest from velvet morning years too late She's a silver lining long ranger riding through an open space in my mind.
0:26Elon MuskAll right,
0:43Elon MuskAll right,
0:45Audienceeveryone.
0:50AudienceSo
0:53Elon Muskfor those that are watching this online, it's a couple of things I want to point out, you know, before I go into the presentation. The projector that is producing that image is powered by a Model S.
1:05Elon MuskThere are no wires, so that is a projector on a Model S with the energy coming from the battery pack, and that is what's producing that image. And that is the factory.
1:16Elon MuskLike, a lot of people may not realize that is actually part of the factory. That is not a screen. And the people in the audience are the people that have designed and engineered and built the Model 3.
1:35Elon MuskAll right, so let's talk about what goes into making the Model 3. It starts off with design. So congratulations to the design team. You've done a phenomenal job. I've enjoyed working with you every week.
1:45Elon MuskYou guys are amazing. Nice work.
1:53Elon MuskSo there are many elements of the design. It's difficult to actually say exactly what makes it good, but. Except say that we agonize over every curve, over every detail, every corner, every element of the interior, the exterior, including things that people probably won't even notice.
2:14Elon MuskWe care about every part of it. We aimed for something that was a very simple, clean design. Because I think in the future, well, really future being now that the cars will be increasingly autonomous, so you won't really need to look at an instrument panel all that often, you'll be able to do whatever you want.
2:42Elon MuskYou'll be able to watch a movie, talk to friends, go to sleep. Every model, every Tesla being produced right now, the Model 3, the Model S, the Model X has, has all of the hardware necessary for full autonomy.
2:57Elon MuskAnd I think a lot of people still don't realize that. It's got the eight cameras, it's got 12 ultrasonic sonars, it's got the forward radar, and it's got over 10 tera ops of computing capability.
3:12Elon MuskScott Morgan's interior. So one of the challenges with the car was since it is smaller than a Model S, how do we make a car that is smaller on the outside, bigger on the inside?
3:22Elon MuskSo we took an idea from the Model X, which was the canopy screen that makes it feel like you're. If you're in a Model X, makes it feel like you're flying a helicopter.
3:32Elon MuskIt really has this amazing feel, and we turned that around. Put that on the rear of the Model 3 so that you could still have a great deal of rear headroom and have this amazing view while being in a smaller car.
3:44Elon MuskIt's actually one of the toughest design challenges of making the Model 3. And then in terms of engineering the car, we had to engineer it to be a lot easier to build.
3:55Elon MuskThe Model S is an amazing car, but it's very hard to build. So we have to get the part, count down, design it still to be light, but also to make it affordable.
4:05Elon MuskAnd I think that the team's done an amazing job of that. And then where this really shows up is in things like safety. So let's take a look at the safety video.
4:16Elon MuskSo, on the one hand, you've got a car that is one of the safest cars in the world. A Volvo sxt.
4:31Elon MuskYeah.
4:43Elon MuskSo the. There are a lot of cars that say they are five star. They are sort of five star. That's not a scientific metric. But even though they're something like the Volvo, great car by normal standards, very safe, the Volvo is arguably the second safest car in the world.
5:08Elon MuskBut I think it is obvious which car you would prefer to be in in an accident. So the first and foremost for the engineering of the car was safety.
5:19Elon MuskThen, in terms of production, the. The thing that's going to be the major challenge for us over the next six to nine months is how do we build a huge number of cars?
5:34Elon MuskAnd frankly, we're going to be in production hell. Welcome, welcome, welcome to production hell. That's going to be where we are for at least six months, maybe longer. But you guys know that, you're veterans, I've been through this, so I look forward to working alongside you.
5:58Elon MuskJourney through hell. And as the saying goes, if you're going through hell, keep going. So, just to give you a sense of the size of the factory, we've got our Fremont Carfax.
6:13Elon MuskWhere we are right now is the second largest footprint building in the world. And that's going to ultimately produce half a million Model 3s and about 100,000 combined SNX vehicles and many more if we can do it.
6:29Elon MuskBut it just gives you. I want to give you a sense of the scale and how much has to go. Right. So then a frequent question I get asked, I noticed it popping up on Twitter quite a lot.
6:45Elon MuskWhere is my Model 3? Sometimes not phrased quite as nicely as that. Yeah, well, we're building the cars as fast as we can. We're going to drive this ramp as hard as we Possibly.
7:05Elon MuskCan I have here a chart? So if you had trouble falling asleep, then this chart might help you. The point is to give you a sense of how manufacturing actually works.
7:20Elon MuskThere are 10,000 unique parts in a Model 3. And these are coming from all over the world. About two thirds come from North America and about a third from the rest of the world.
7:32Elon MuskBut as you can see with this chart, which looks like we're being shot with ICBMs.
7:42Elon MuskLike that. That is the ICBM chart, actually. Cms. Exactly. We need Missile Command. Missile Command button. But almost anything that goes wrong anywhere in the world, if we haven't buffered the supply chain, we'll interrupt the.
8:02Elon MuskThe production progress. When you have 10,000 unique items in a vehicle or any object, any one of them can slow down the production process. So the production rate will move as fast as the slowest and least luckiest component in the whole mix.
8:20Elon MuskThen on top of that, we have the Gigafactory. So this is. We started off with there being nothing. This there was just sort of desert. And built what is now one of the largest, actually now the largest battery factory in the world.
8:38Elon MuskAnd when it's done, we'll produce more lithium ion batteries than the rest of global production combined from one building.
8:55Elon MuskSo, in fact, let's go to the Gigafactory live, see if we can connect to them. Hey, guys, we have a whole bunch of people at Nevada that are helping make the pack, the battery pack and the motor, the powertrain.
9:15Elon MuskAnd so we've got giant factory making battery packs and power trains, Giant factory making cars, and giant supply chain. And so all of those have to work together in cadence in order to get to our initial target of 5,000 cars a week.
9:33Elon MuskAnd then hopefully by the next year, towards 10,000 cars a week. And then you're probably wondering, okay, will I be able to charge my car? Well, this is like probably the second most common question I get on Twitter.
9:46Elon MuskLike, the supercharger is full. What is wrong with you? Why are you such a huge idiot? Sorry. Okay. We are tripling the number. By the end of next year, there will be three times as many superchargers as there are today.
10:05Elon MuskSo that should really help out a lot. Essentially, you'll be able to go almost anywhere. North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and many parts Asia and the Gulf area by the end of next year.
10:21Elon MuskEventually, you'll be able to go anywhere on Earth. Yeah. So thank you.
10:31Elon MuskActually, technically, you can go anywhere on Earth because anywhere on Earth where there's electricity, you can charge your car. So the supercharger is just about being able to charge a car really fast.
10:40Elon MuskOkay, so let's talk about the specs for the Model 3. There are two main variants. There's the standard and long range. The standard, well, is going to be $35,000 for a 220 mile range.
10:52Elon MuskIt's going to be a fast car. So the acceleration will still be well under 6 seconds, 130 mile an hour top speed. And you can also get the long range one, which will have a range of 310 miles.
11:11Elon MuskAnd be about roughly 5 seconds, 0 to 60, 140 mile an hour top speed. So this, it's going to be a really great car. I think you will not be able to find a better car, gasoline or electric, in that price range that is anywhere near as great.
11:27Elon MuskAll right,
11:34Elon MuskSo let's hand over some cars. We have the first 30. We have the first 30 production cars here being charged right now. Right there.
12:03Elon MuskHey, guys.
12:19Elon MuskAll right, so. Hey, guys. Those are actual owners getting actual production cars. Hey,
12:39Elon MuskSo there's actually. Let's see. There's actually a total of 50 production cars that we've made this month, and 20 of which will be used for engineering validation, 30 of which will be on the roads with customers.
12:51Elon MuskAnd I want to just to say to those that have lined up to buy a Model 3, and that in some cases, spent days outside of our stores to be first on the list, I just want you to know that really matters to us.
13:13Elon MuskWe really care. We're going to do everything we possibly can to get you the car as soon as possible. So we're going to work day and night to do right by the loyalty that you've shown us.
13:25Elon MuskThank you for doing that.
13:36Elon MuskAnd then just a reminder, we've got now three cars in production. There's the X, the S, and the three. Those letters can be combined however you'd like. And to give you a sense, if you order a Model 3 now, you'll probably get it towards the end of next year.
14:00Elon MuskBut because the S and the X are in production, if you order them now, you can get them in about one or two months. And as I'd like to thank all the customers who own a Model S and X and those who buy a Model S and an X, because in doing so, you make the three possible.
14:21Elon MuskThe money that we make with an S and X all goes into building Model three. So thank you for doing that. Thank you for our longtime supporters, and thank you guys for making it.
14:30Elon MuskThank you. All right.