A drone flyover of the Fremont Factory on August 14, 2025 captured active production activity and vehicles moving onto the test track. Several vehicles were observed navigating from the production line to the outbound logistics lot autonomously using Unsupervised FSD rather than being driven manually. Footage also showed a cluster of castings gathered outside a sprung structure that do not match current Model Y castings and appear smaller than standard Model Y megacasts. Observers have speculated those components could belong to a different, more compact vehicle. Tesla reported initial production of more affordable models began in June with consumer availability expected in Q4.
In a recent update, drone operator Met God in Wilderness, who has been chronicling the progress and developments of the Fremont Factory for years, shared some footage from his August 14, 2025 flyover. Based on the video, the Fremont Factory seemed very much alive. Vehicles were being pumped out of the factory, and a rather interestingly covered car could be seen going around the test track.
What is quite fascinating about the footage from the Fremont Factory is the fact that the vehicles that were moving from the production line to the outbound logistics lot are not driven manually anymore. As per Tesla in previous updates, vehicles produced at the Fremont Factory navigate to the outbound logistics lot on their own using Unsupervised FSD.
Perhaps most interestingly, the drone operator also managed to capture some footage of some castings that were being gathered just outside one of the facility's sprung structures. These castings seem to be quite new, as they do not seem to match any of the castings that are currently being used for the Model Y. This has brought speculations suggesting that the new components, which seem smaller than standard Model Y megacasts, may be for a different, perhaps more compact, vehicle.
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