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Tesla Unveils ‘Master Plan Part IV,’ Centering AI and Robots With Few Concrete Targets

The new vision lays out “sustainable abundance” through autonomy and humanoid robotics but offers no detailed roadmap like prior master plans.

Overview

  • Toddled on X, the document recasts Tesla’s mission around boosting human wellbeing through artificial intelligence and services tied to autonomy and the Optimus humanoid robot.
  • Reporters note the plan omits specific models, production goals or timelines that earlier master plans contained, and the post is not personally credited to Elon Musk.
  • Electrek denounces the release as a bundle of AI promises, while Ars Technica questions its vagueness against ongoing U.S. safety investigations into Tesla’s driver-assist systems.
  • A short Tesla video shows small-scale, sharply angular vehicle models; outlets say the shapes suggest Cybertruck-like design cues and possibly a minivan, which Tesla has not confirmed.
  • The release follows Tesla deprioritizing a cheaper compact car in favor of a robotaxi effort, and t3n reports the company has ended its in-house Dojo supercomputer project to source external compute.