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.

11 matches for “Robotaxi”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Elon Muskcompanyprepared

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

Vaibhav Tanejacompanyprepared

…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 Tanejacompanyprepared

…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 Axelrodcompanyqa

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…

Elon Muskcompanyqa

…perhaps the most important data point. We do expect to be operating robotaxi in, I think, about eight to ten metro areas by the end…

Where the listed words were said

Elon Muskcompany“Optimus” · prepared

…otherwise. We are also on the cusp of something really tremendous with Optimus, which I think is likely to be, has the potential to be,…

Elon Muskcompany“Optimus (3+)” · prepared

…It's not just an obvious fall of a log thing to make Optimus, but we do have the ingredients of real-world AI and exceptional electrical…

Elon Muskcompany“FSD / Full Self Driving” · prepared

…have millions of cars out there that, with a software update, become full self-driving cars. We are making a couple of million a year. In…

Elon Muskcompany“Energy” · prepared

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

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.…

Ashok Elluswamycompany“Robotaxi (10+)” · qa

…crossed more than a million miles. We continue to see that the robotaxi fleet works really well. Customers are really happy, and there are no…

Travis Axelrodcompany“Robotaxi (5+)” · qa

We've already covered robotaxi expansion. Unfortunately, the question after that is another future product question, so we're going to have to skip that. The next…

Ashok Elluswamycompany“Robotaxi” · qa

…are working on. In terms of what we ship to customers versus robotaxi, it's mostly the same. Customers have some more features like, you know,…

Elon Muskcompany“Battery” · prepared

…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…

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

…special quarter at multiple levels. We set new records not just for deliveries and deployments, but also around a range of financial metrics from total…

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…

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