Tesla Explores Turning Idle Vehicles into AI Data Centers for Passive Income
Elon Musk proposed an unconventional revenue stream for Tesla owners during the company's annual meeting. The CEO suggested compensating vehicle owners $100-$200 monthly for utilizing their parked cars' computing power to process AI workloads. This initiative could effectively transform Tesla's global fleet into a decentralized network of mini data centers.
Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas quantified the potential scale, noting 300 million US light vehicles and 1.2 billion globally - a figure projected to reach 2 billion within 15 years. Each vehicle equipped with Nvidia Blackwell GPU-level processing could create an unprecedented distributed AI infrastructure. The concept extends beyond automobiles, with potential integration across robotics and IoT ecosystems.