Former Tesla President Jon McNeill: Self-Driving Is Key to Tesla’s Growth

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Jon McNeill discusses Tesla’s Q3 delivery strength and why self-driving will reshape the auto industry and drive Tesla’s expansion.

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Jon McNeill, former president of Tesla, appears on Squawk on the Street to argue that stronger Q3 deliveries and advances in self-driving will be the engine of Tesla’s next phase of growth. He casts autonomous driving not as a niche feature but as a structural change for the auto industry that could expand Tesla’s reach. The clip matters because a senior ex-executive is describing self-driving as a company-level growth strategy rather than a distant technical curiosity, and he ties that case to the company’s recent delivery strength.