{"id":211600,"date":"2025-04-16T17:20:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/tesla-the-writing-is-all-over-the-wall"},"modified":"2025-04-16T17:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:20:43","slug":"tesla-the-writing-is-all-over-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/tesla-the-writing-is-all-over-the-wall","title":{"rendered":"Tesla: The Writing Is All Over the Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/afqUrj1sdeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tesla is navigating challenges in the EV market, including supply chain issues and production adjustments, while maintaining optimism about advancements in self-driving technology and preparing for future earnings ## Questions to inspire discussion ## Tesla\u2019s FSD Progress.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude97 Q: How has Tesla\u2019s FSD version 13 performed in recent tests? A: FSD v13 on hardware 4 showed incredible performance with no unplanned disengagements over 490 miles of winding mountain and coastal roads, including navigating flagger-regulated oncoming traffic.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf0e Q: What are the expectations for Tesla\u2019s FSD version 14? A: FSD v14 is expected to be overfit for Austin and potentially deployed unsupervised globally in a short timeframe, subject to regulatory approval. Tesla\u2019s Manufacturing and Supply Chain.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0b Q: How is Tesla addressing rare earth element concerns in motor production? A: Tesla\u2019s rare earth free motors use 25% less rare earth elements than industry average, positioning them well against China\u2019s export controls on 7 rare earth elements, including neodymium.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcca Q: What insights might Tesla\u2019s upcoming earnings call provide? A: The April 22nd earnings call will likely address supply chain and margin impacts from China\u2019s rare earth export controls, battery supply constraints, and tariff effects. Tesla\u2019s Product Updates.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf7 Q: What undocumented changes are included in Tesla\u2019s AI4 vehicles spring release? A: The release includes a wider angle rear view, side repeater cameras at the top, and B-pillar dash cam and Sentry mode video recording capabilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/tesla-the-writing-is-all-over-the-wall\">Continue reading \u201cTesla: The Writing Is All Over the Wall\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla is navigating challenges in the EV market, including supply chain issues and production adjustments, while maintaining optimism about advancements in self-driving technology and preparing for future earnings ## Questions to inspire discussion ## Tesla\u2019s FSD Progress. \ud83d\ude97 Q: How has Tesla\u2019s FSD version 13 performed in recent tests? A: FSD v13 on hardware 4 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":716,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-military","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}