Idle cars can form a large supercomputer

“Elon Musk” has announced that it is possible to use the processing power of inactive cars Tesla as A supercomputer Azim used for artificial intelligence processing. He reportedly explained that 100 million idle cars could One hundred gigawatts provide processing power and this unused resource is a significant asset for the company.

In the Q3 2025 financial report, Musk suggested that even when idle, Tesla cars could be part of a massive distributed computing network and use their computing power for artificial intelligence. He predicted that this state-of-the-art fleet could provide 100 gigawatts of processing power in the future. This idea has been met with different reactions in social networks.

Convert idle Tesla cars to supercomputer artificial intelligence

In the Q&A part of Tesla’s financial meeting, Wolfe Research’s Emanuel Rosner asked about Musk’s plans to increase Tesla’s car production and the economic justification for this increase. Musk responded that annual production of three million vehicles could be achieved within 24 months, noting that the biggest increase would be for the Cybercab, starting in the second quarter of next year. Focusing on comfort, this self-driving car is aimed at the taxi market in particular.

Musk came up with a new idea for harnessing the processing power of idle cars, saying that if the cars were idle, they could be made part of a massive distributed computing network. He predicted that the network could potentially include 100 million cars, with each car providing at least one kilowatt of computing power. The total of this capacity reaches 100 gigawatts of distributed processing power.

The idea is very similar to classic distributed computing platforms such as SETI@home and Folding@home, but at the same time it can be an attractive business opportunity for investors and market analysts. However, users may be concerned about using their cars for the benefit of others, increasing energy consumption and long-term strain on their computer systems, and demand clear benefits and financial incentives to participate in such a scheme.

Musk also explained about the creation of an innovative application for advanced cars and emphasized that when cars are so smart that the driver can easily use his phone on the road, their appeal to buyers will be very high and almost everyone who can afford it will choose this product.

He then pointed to the safety evolution of self-driving cars, saying, “I’m absolutely certain that we can achieve automated driving without human intervention, with a much higher level of safety than human driving.” Musk also highlighted the capabilities of Tesla’s AI4 (Hardware 4) system, adding that it will soon be replaced by AI5, which is up to 40 times more efficient in tests and whose improved performance makes self-driving systems 10 times safer.