Welcome to Electrified, it's your host Dylan Loomis. First up today we have Tesla yet again urging the Biden administration to push for even stricter fuel economy rules, something they seem to do every few weeks. The proposal earlier this year was raising the requirements for cars by 2% and for trucks and SUVs by 4% every year between 2027 and 2032. Tesla actually wants a 6% raise for cars and 8% for trucks and SUVs saying it would best conserve energy and address climate change.
The current proposal, not Teslas, would result in average fuel efficiency fleet wide of 58 miles per gallon by 2032. And as you might imagine, basically every other automaker is at the same time blasting the proposed regulations. A group representing GM Toyota VWN nearly all others is arguing that the plan would boost the average vehicle price by $3,000 in 2032 due to the penalties automakers would face for not being in compliance. They argued the figure exceeds reason and will increase cost to the American consumer with absolutely no environmental or fuel savings benefits.
So this group is pushing to decrease the fuel economy standards for trucks from the current 4% down to 2% Tesla wants it to go up to 8%. Listen to this, the group noted 83% of vehicles produced by Ford, GM and Stellantis are actually trucks. NHTSA said the rule is focused on saving Americans money at the pumps and strengthening American energy independence. They estimated the combined benefits of this proposal exceed the costs by more than $18 billion. The auto alliance said automakers would face more than $14 billion in non-compliance penalties between 2027 and 2032. Separately, automakers have chimed in estimating the cost, GM around $6.5 billion, Stellantis 3 and Ford $1 billion. VW chimed in saying NHTSA's proposal is arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of the agency's discretion to set standards that are not feasible.
Sadly, I'm not an engineer so I can't comment on the feasibility of these proposals. I don't know if they're actually that impossible to hit like Legacy Auto is saying, or they're just trying to argue to get things down because they don't want to try that hard. Even if Tesla does not get its way, which at this point does seem unlikely, this is still yet another hurdle for Legacy OEMs in the coming years.
CarWow did a lengthy review comparing the new Tesla Model 3 to the BMW i4, the Hyundai Ionic 6, and the Mercedes EQE. The simple takeaway? But the best electric slu on sale is the Tesla Model 3. The old model was still at the top of the game and this new version is even better. I'll have the full review linked below. And we have a similar story from AutoTrader. I think this is a really nice improvement on the previous generation Model 3. The refinement is excellent. I love the suspension. I love the quietness. I think it looks better than it did before. A bit more premium. And as a result, it's more desirable than ever.
I'd say those reviews are coming at a pretty good time as Tesla Europe just posted. The upgraded Model 3 is now available for order in the UK and Ireland. Here's a look at the updated UK configurator, new Model 3 starting at 39.9,000 quid, or roughly 48,000 USD. But this price for the UK is roughly in line with what the prior Model 3 was priced at. And I'm expecting something similar for the new Model 3 in the United States in Q1 around where it is now. Estimated deliveries for the UK, January to February next year. And don't forget the new wheels, Photon or Nova. BMW is now off the sidelines and in the game, choosing to officially adopt the next.
I'm feeling pretty good today. I did post this about 5 minutes earlier than Sawyer over on X. BMW, Mini and Rolls Royce vehicles in the US and Canada will get access to the Supercharger network starting in 2025. These companies will be working with Tesla so that the customers can find the Superchargers in their cars display and in the brand's respective apps. The one difference I've spotted with this deal, BMW's current CCS vehicles won't be using the Supercharger network until 2025 with an adapter when a lot of these other announcements have them having access sometime in 2024 with an adapter.
BMW did say it'll adopt the NACS natively come 2025. Here's the updated list, the remaining holdouts, VW, Stellantis, Lucid, Toyota, Subaru, and Mazda. There are a few other ones like Ferrari's but these are the main players. On X, Tesla posted a 5 minute video of an FSD demo in Austin. This was on 11.4.7 and they disabled the hands on the wheel requirement but this is not rolling out to customer vehicles. This was just for this demo. Overall, it was a pretty uneventful drive. As you may have just seen though, some people were complaining that it broke the law changing lanes in an intersection which they were saying is illegal in Texas. Doing a bit of digging though, it looks like changing lanes through an intersection in most United States is actually legal. It's just a misinterpretation of this one rule.
It's true, most people in my circle that I talk to still have no idea that this technology exists so hopefully Tesla continues to do more videos like this. This one was more funny than anything, Thailand's Prime Minister started driving his wife's car to and from work which is a Tesla because he wants to win the heart of Tesla as he meets with the company next month. As Prime Minister, he was allocated a Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The government is planning to promote Thailand as an EV hub in Southeast Asia, adding that the topic will be part of the agenda during his trip to Beijing. Speaking of China, the governor of Nuevo Leon is set to visit Giga Shanghai tomorrow, October 18th with a delegation from Nuevo Leon. Given that he's already visited Berlin, Fremont and Giga Austin, this is a logical next step. He's also set to meet with a supplier, JL Mag, a supplier of rare earth permanent magnet materials. Given the expected scale of Giga Mexico, it's pretty obvious Giga Shanghai is the factory that he needs to see.
We got the weekly Tesla China insurance data, 7,500. Plugging that data into the table, if you wanted to compare it to week two of quarter three, that number was 10,000. Thus far through the first two weeks in quarter four, we sit at 8,500, 4,700 unit short of where we were in quarter three. As we heard from Wuwa last week, most of the new Model 3s being built in Shanghai right now are still for export, why they're not delivering more in the home market. I'm not positive because we did hear that they got the M-I-I-T approval. It may just be an allocation decision they made weeks ago, knowing that they were going to have to wait for that approval. We also have to keep in mind the slight refresh of the Model Y, so we should be expecting lower numbers right now.
However, we've been talking about a higher number of ships going from Giga Shanghai to the European market that should be arriving in the next few weeks delivered in Q4. Tesla, now that EVs are scaling and he's got that machine in space in place, so to speak, we have now the autonomous side, and I think he's really focused on that. So yes, I think it has his attention, he knows and believes, I think, that they're close to the finish line with this latest software upgrade, so much so that they're now hiring ride-hail experts in different cities around the country. That is going to be a game changer, and we don't think he's lost any focus.
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Not a Tesla app is reporting some Canadian users have spotted in the latest Tesla app version, Tesla is now adding destination chargers in addition to the superchargers and new controls to filter by what you're looking for. Of course you can filter by distance, power, and availability, but now they're taking it further, adding amenities like restrooms, restaurants, shopping, Wi-Fi, lodging, cafes, and those that are open 24 hours. I believe over in Europe, correct me if I'm wrong, that Tesla already includes third-party fast charging locations right in the mobile app, so maybe they bring something like that to Canada and the United States eventually.
一款名为Not a Tesla的应用报告称,一些加拿大用户在最新的特斯拉应用版本中发现了一些新的功能。特斯拉现在除了超级充电站外,还增加了目的地充电器,并新增了根据用户需求的筛选功能。当然,你可以根据距离、功率和可用性进行筛选,但现在他们的功能更强大了,还添加了一些设施,如洗手间、餐厅、购物、Wi-Fi、住宿、咖啡馆,以及24小时营业的场所。我相信在欧洲,如果我没记错的话,特斯拉在移动应用中已经包括了第三方快速充电站的位置,也许他们最终会将类似的功能引入到加拿大和美国。
We had a recall for 54.6,000 Model X vehicles between 2021 and 2023, but Tesla has already issued an OTA update free of charge to fix the issue. The problem was the vehicle controller was likely to fail to detect low brake fluid and not display a warning light.
We got Lucid's Q3 production and delivery figures, produced 1550, an additional 700 RN transit to Saudi Arabia for final assembly there, and they delivered 1457. Here's some context for those numbers. As you can see, all three quarters this year, they've delivered just over 1400 vehicles. However, the production in quarter three is down pretty significantly from quarter two and quarter one. On May 5th, 2022, Lucid was guiding for 2022 production of between 12 and 14,000 vehicles. Well, they're probably not going to hit that number in 2023. As year to date, they're only just over 6000 produced. As of August this year, Lucid was guiding for 10,000 vehicles produced. Another figure they're not likely to hit this year, given their first 3 quarter production. For the last year or so, Lucid has been saying they've had between 25 and 35,000 reservations, so based on these numbers, unless there are supply chain challenges which is possible, these numbers then become a bit problematic, implying that maybe they're struggling to convert those reservations to actual orders. I'd love to see Lucid make it, but looking at the last five quarters, they've basically been stuck at the same delivery figure, which of course is not a great sign for such a young company that just started deliveries quarter four of 2021. We'll see if the cheapest Lucid Air Pure that's now available helps these figures at all in quarter four.
我们获得了卢西德(Lucid)第三季度的生产和交付数据,生产了1550辆车,另外还有700辆在运往沙特阿拉伯进行最终装配,并交付了1457辆。以下是这些数字的背景信息。从今年的三个季度来看,他们每个季度交付的车辆数量都稍微超过了1400辆。然而,第三季度的生产量从第二季度和第一季度相比大幅下降。2022年5月5日,卢西德预测2022年的产量在12,000至14,000辆之间。然而,他们可能无法在2023年达到这个数字,因为到目前为止,他们今年仅生产了6000多辆。今年8月,卢西德预测生产10,000辆车,考虑到他们前三个季度的生产情况,这个数字他们今年也很难达到。在过去的一年左右,卢西德一直表示他们有25,000至35,000个预订订单,所以根据这些数字来看,除非存在供应链挑战(这是可能的),否则这些数字可能有些问题,暗示他们可能在将这些预订转化为实际订单方面遇到困难。我希望卢西德能成功,但是从最近的五个季度来看,他们的交付数量基本上停滞不前,这对于一个刚在2021年第四季度开始交付的年轻公司来说,当然不是一个好的迹象。我们将看到现在可用的最便宜的卢西德纯电动轿车(Lucid Air Pure)是否会对第四季度的这些数字产生任何影响。
We talked a fair amount yesterday about Bill Ford and him chiming in on the UAW situation. Now Sean Fane responds. He said Bill Ford knows exactly how to settle the strike instead of threatening to close the Rouge. He should call up Farley, tell him to stop playing games and get a deal done or we'll close the Rouge for him. It's not the UAW and Ford against foreign automakers, it's auto workers everywhere against corporate greed. If Ford wants to be the all American auto company, they can pay all American wages and benefits. Workers that Tesla, Toyota, Honda and others are not the enemy, they're the UAW members of the future. I highly, highly doubt that at least for Tesla.
From CNBC, GM said it's delaying production of all electric trucks at a Michigan plant by at least one year to better manage capital investments and implement improvements in an effort to make new EVs more profitable. GM now plans to begin construction of its next gen EVs at the Orion plant in Detroit in late 2025 instead of next year.
Right now, that factory makes Chevy Bolt EVs. Notice how they add to better manage capital investment while aligning with evolving EV demand, which clearly signals a decline in that demand. They said we've identified engineering improvements that we will implement to increase the profitability of our products. According to a GM spokesman that says nothing to do with the UAW strike. To be clear, this doesn't mean that the Silverado and the Sierra aren't going into production at all until 2025. Just at that one plant, they said those two vehicles will be produced at factory zero in Detroit. We just talked about initial production of the Silverado and the Sierra is scheduled to begin production next year.
Roughly 1000 hourly workers at Orion will have the option to transfer to other Michigan facilities until the retooling at Orion assembly is done. Naturally, the question becomes are the Silverados being produced now going to be made without these engineering improvements that are supposed to lead to more profitability? Because that's how this makes it sound.
What have we been saying all year? We should expect a lot of legacy OEMs to start pulling back on their EV investments, whether it's the UAW strikes, falling demand, higher interest rates, realizing making EVs at scale is a difficult task. More of this is coming.
Drive Tesla Canada reported that Rivian was toying with the idea of launching a 1000 horsepower variance in 2024 for the R1T and R1S. These would be labeled a cent, but you need to know this is coming from a Rivian forum from one user who said he talked to a solid source. Take it for what you will. As it stands now, the highest horsepower Rivian is up at 835.
Drive Tesla Canada报道称,Rivian正在考虑在2024年推出一款拥有1000马力的R1T和R1S变种车型。这些车型将被称为"cent",但你需要知道这个消息来自Rivian论坛上的一个用户,他声称与可靠消息源交谈过。关于这个消息,你可以根据自己的判断来看待。目前,Rivian最高马力车型的输出功率为835马力。
Rivian did just release a new software update making certain features more accessible and adding some new ones. They've added live motor temperatures and they've enhanced the towing experience to include a bed camera for the R1C. They also made the drive controls easier to access. In the new trailers tab, you can now save three different trailer profiles based on what you're towing and it can better tell you how it's going to impact the range.
Tomorrow, Wednesday is Tesla's Q3 earnings. No video from me. I like to sit back, take it all in, think about it, and then I'll get back to everybody on Thursday. One of the biggest questions is going to be how far was Tesla able to drive down its cost of good sold and how does that compare with all of the price reductions.
I believe it's only 10-20% of Tesla's lithium deals that are done on the spot market. Most of them are done based on multi-year contracts. However, whether it shows up in Q4 or Q3 next year, the fall in lithium prices over the last year is obviously going to help Tesla drive down its cost of good sold. Right now, for the first time, it's fallen below the prior 2023 lows that was back in April.
A few numbers to keep in mind tomorrow, Wall Street's expectations for Tesla's auto gross margin, X credits 17.8%. Wall Street's adjusted EPS expectations 75 cents per share. Wall Street's fourth quarter delivery expectation 492,000. Here's the deal though. If Tesla reconfirms its guidance of 1.8 million vehicles for the year, that would imply 476,000 for quarter four based on what they've done so far this year, so that would lead to more downward revisions from Wall Street in the next few weeks.
One thing I'll have an eye on, Tesla's energy margins. It was 18.4% in Q2, up from about 11% in Q1. So I want to see if they can keep that momentum going as the megapack ramps in Lathrop. Some Wall Street analysts do think that Tesla's gross margins will bottom in this quarter, Q3, which of course would be a good thing, but the truth is, nobody knows for sure the macro is a complicated space.
I'd imagine Wall Street's pretty interested in if Tesla is making any progress on these FSD licensing agreements of which they said they had at least one. Personally though, I wouldn't expect anything like this to be announced until 2024 at the very earliest. Tesla has started to hint that there may be some changes to the IRA tax credits for their vehicles come 2024, so they know a little bit more than they're leading on, but the truth is, the government doesn't even know, the treasury doesn't even know, they're still listening to feedback and making changes when it comes to certain requirements. Point being, I don't think we get any actual clarity on this until the end of this year at the earliest.
For what it's worth, Tesla's auto gross margin X credits was 18.1% in Q2, so Wall Street's only expecting about a 30-bips decrease quarter over quarter.
As most of you guys know, I really just sit back and enjoy these days learning more about the company no matter what the numbers are because in the long run it means basically nothing.
众所周知,我实际上只是坐下来享受这些日子,不管数字是什么,因为从长远来看,它基本上什么都不代表。
Think about it, what can you tell me from any Tesla earnings call in 2021? Without googling it, could you tell me anything offhand?
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不要忘记,查看下方提供的AG1链接,如果你确实查看了的话,非常感谢你。
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