text: We are focused on growing our manufacturing capacity, which includes capacity for manufacturing newer vehicle 
  models such as our Cybertruck, Tesla Semi and future vehicles utilizing aspects of our next generation platform, and ramping 
  the production at our Gigafactories to their installed production capacities as well as increasing production rate and efficiency 
  at our current factories. The next phase of production growth will depend on the continued ramp at our factories and be initiated 
  by advances in autonomy and the introduction of new products, including those built on our next generation vehicle platform, 
  as well as our ability to add to our available sources of battery cell supply by manufacturing our own cells that we are 
  developing to have high-volume output, lower capital and production costs and longer range. Our goals are to improve vehicle 
  performance, decrease production costs and increase affordability and customer awareness. 
  
  These plans are subject to uncertainties inherent in establishing and ramping manufacturing operations, which may be 
  
  exacerbated by new product and manufacturing technologies we introduce, the number of concurrent international projects, any 
  industry-wide component constraints, labor shortages and any future impact from events outside of our control. For example, 
  during the first quarter of 2024, we experienced a sequential decline in production volumes partially caused by the early phase 
  of the production ramp of the updated Model 3 at our Fremont factory, and factory shutdowns at Gigafactory Berlin- 
  Brandenburg resulting from shipping diversions caused by the Red Sea conflict and an arson attack. Moreover, we have set 
  ambitious technological targets with our plans for battery cells as well as for iterative manufacturing and design improvements 
  for our vehicles with each new factory. 