Tesla (TSLA): FY25 Q3 earnings call, Oct 22, 2025

Wed, Oct 22Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptTesla

On its Oct 22, 2025 earnings call (FY25 Q3), Tesla said 17 of the 28 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 28 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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28 words · 17 settled yes · our count agreed on 28 of 28

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityMarket
Optimus Yes3737✓97%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Optimus 3+ timesYes3737✓–new new word, no probability yet–
FSD / Full Self Driving Yes1718✓97%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Energy Yes1212✓94%transcripts from the transcript model–
Grok Yes1212✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Robotaxi 10+ timesYes1111✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Robotaxi 5+ timesYes1111✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Robotaxi Yes1011✓92%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Battery Yes77✓91%transcripts from the transcript model–
Regulator / Regulatory / Regulation Yes68✓93%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Delivery Yes66✓86%transcripts from the transcript model–
Margin Yes55✓88%transcripts from the transcript model–
Tariff Yes44✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Supercharger / Super Charger Yes44✓16%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Autonomous Yes33✓95%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
China Yes33✓93%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Competition Yes11✓40%transcripts from the transcript model–
Cybertruck No00✓64%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Acquisition No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Bigger and longer No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Diner No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Recession No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
DOGE / Department of Government Efficiency No00✓51%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Trump No00✓48%n=2 from settlement history–
Gigafactory No00✓45%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Grok4 No00✓40%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Inflation No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Shutdown / Shut Down No00✓30%transcripts from the transcript model–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

7 matches for “Battery”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Elon Muskcompanyprepared

…We are also making a huge impact on the energy sector with battery storage. With both Powerwall and especially with the Megapack, we are dramatically…

Elon Muskcompanyprepared

…difference between day and night usage. If you buffer the energy with batteries, you can effectively double the energy output in the United States just…

Elon Muskcompanyprepared

…that's used to moving fast. We see the potential there for Tesla battery packs to greatly improve the energy output per year for any given…

Elon Muskcompanyprepared

…think of Tesla as a car company that mostly makes cars and battery packs. It's not just an obvious fall of a log thing to…

Elon Muskcompanyqa

…I've initiated every one of those startups. We didn't used to make battery packs, stationary battery packs, but now we do. We make them for…

Where the listed words were said

Elon Muskcompany“Optimus” · prepared

…four. That's the engineering priority for Megapack. We look forward to unveiling Optimus b three probably in Q1. I think it'll be ready to show…

Elon Muskcompany“Optimus (3+)” · prepared

…real-world intelligence we've developed for the car, most of that transfers to Optimus. It's a very good starting point. In conclusion, we're excited about the…

Elon Muskcompany“FSD / Full Self Driving” · prepared

…really just at the beginning of scaling at a quite massive level, full self-driving and robotaxi, and fundamentally changing the nature of transport. I think…

Vaibhav Tanejacompany“Energy” · prepared

…deployments, but also around a range of financial metrics from total revenues, energy gross profit, energy margins to fresh free cash flow. This was the…

Elon Muskcompany“Grok” · qa

Yeah. There are different forms of AI. The XAI, so Grok is like a giant model. You could not possibly squeeze Grok onto a car.…

Vaibhav Tanejacompany“Robotaxi (10+)” · prepared

…Standard Y in North America and EMEA. We are now operating a robotaxi in two markets, Austin and most various cities. We have already expanded…

Vaibhav Tanejacompany“Robotaxi (5+)” · prepared

…in our insurance and service center businesses. Note that while small, our robotaxi costs are included within services and other along with our other businesses…

Travis Axelrodcompany“Robotaxi” · qa

From say.com, the first question is, what are the latest robo taxi metrics fleet size, cumulative miles, rides completed, intervention rates, when will safety drivers…

Vaibhav Tanejacompany“Regulator / Regulatory / Regulation” · prepared

…still small, around 12% of our current fleet. We are working with regulators in places like China and EMEA to obtain approvals so that we…

Vaibhav Tanejacompany“Delivery” · prepared

…America was up 28%, while EMEA was up 25%. The pace in deliveries was the function of continued excitement around the new Model Y. I…

Vaibhav Tanejacompany“Margin” · prepared

…into new contracts and continued delivery on previously entered contracts. Our automotive margins, excluding credits, increased marginally from 15% to 15.4%. This was attributed to…

Vaibhav Tanejacompany“Tariff” · prepared

…and margins. As discussed before, this business has a bigger impact from tariffs, as measured by percentage of COGS since currently all sales procured are…

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