Elon Musk outlined Tesla’s good Grasp Plan in August 2006, describing the technique towards sustainable mobility. Since then, Musk has refined Tesla’s goals in Grasp Plan, Half Deux, and commissioned a Grasp Plan 3 for the entire of humankind. Lower than a yr later, Musk is already engaged on Grasp Plan 4, though earlier plans are nonetheless a piece in progress.
Though it wasn’t simple, Tesla ticked all of the packing containers, so Musk went on with Grasp Plan, Half Deux, in 2016. This expanded the unique plan’s scope, including extra scale and new goals, together with autonomous driving capabilities and robotaxis. Though it primarily appeared like “extra of the identical,” the second grasp plan continues to be a piece in progress. Tesla lacks fashions in lots of essential market segments, whereas Full Self-Driving has been demoted to the driver-assist class. Regardless of Musk’s optimism, autonomous driving and Tesla robotaxi stay a pipe dream.
Regardless of nonetheless engaged on a lot of the goals in Half Deux, Musk introduced final yr a brand new Grasp Plan. In contrast to the primary two, this one was a lot broader, requiring the work of a bigger “Tesla staff,” because the signature reveals. This was now not a cool weblog submit however a fact-laden doc with over 40 slides comprising graphics and spreadsheets.
It is no marvel no person is speaking about Grasp Plan 3, contemplating that it takes an information analyst or a scientist to know what it is all about. It is a lot simpler to know what it wasn’t about. The third grasp plan is just not about Tesla anymore however humanity as an entire. The EV maker’s title solely seems 14 instances within the doc. In eight cases, it is beneath or inside tables, the remainder being references to higher perceive the general image.
It is unattainable to inform when all of the goals in Grasp Plan 3 are fulfilled as a result of they’re so imprecise. This was in all probability the excuse for a extra detailed Grasp Plan, which Musk mentioned it’s already engaged on. Hopefully, Grasp Plan 4 will probably be as easy as the primary two grasp plans. I do not assume anyone cares or needs to learn one other cryptic doc put collectively by what’s left of the Tesla staff after the current layoffs.
Musk did not supply particulars in regards to the new plan, however it actually rimes with what he mentioned earlier in the course of the shareholder assembly. Particularly, this yr’s Cyber Roundup isn’t just opening a brand new chapter for Tesla however “beginning a brand new ebook.” It is unclear what this implies, though if I needed to take a wild guess, I would say it is about AI and robotics. These are Musk’s latest and most shiny toys as of late, they usually seem to be they’re about to toss the Grasp Plan Half Deux into the bin.
Engaged on the Tesla Grasp Plan 4. It will likely be epic.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 17, 2024
