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Oohh even doubling down on Vision-only, I like it but would be a bit cautious after Tesla had introduced a brand new HD Radar in HW4 but never used it.

This was not a sensor failure, the Waymo detected the pole but had assigned a low damage score to the object and proceeded into it because the pole was within the driveable space and not separated by a hard curb or something along those lines. Here’s the recall report...

People slam things like LiDAR and sensor fusion as if Tesla has proven the alternative is at all viable for actual robotaxis — they haven’t, but they’ve proven it’s ok for a Level 2 eyes/hands-on ADAS where a human behind the wheel owns liability. I seriously hope August 8th doesn’t reveal a...

And Mercedes of course only has Drive Pilot on their S series, which is very expensive, and Drive Pilot is an additional $2500 on top of the cost of an S Class for a one-year subscription then pricing beyond that is unknown afaik. Teslas approach seems most viable, with using only cameras and...

Good to see the Rivian surge grinding down to something more reasonable

Locking things out doesn’t mean they can’t technically handle them in most cases, it’s indicative of work and diligence on their part with a hint of greater risk mitigation. Autopilot has the same limitation, but you can only find it by looking at the plethora disclaimers in the manual because...

Moat would be something to consider in this and assign some value to in terms of how much Tesla could have in the autonomy space. Most would probably say NVIDIA has a lot of moat in the AI space in that it’s difficult for others to catch up and compete on the same level because of the...

I honestly don’t even know what type of real analysis Ark does on their holdings and with their price targets in terms of looking at real-world limitations or realities. Reading through their stuff, it kinda sounds like they just put some data together and sandwich it between two pieces of...

It’s almost hard to imagine but the auto industry absolutely dwarves phones and things like chips in terms of sales and revenue, profits are a different story but auto revenue is absolutely massive and I think that is something to consider when talking these comparisons and how it affects...

Rimac has ownership and other ties with Volkswagen so I wouldn’t count them out of volume manufacturing, VW has their umbrella over so many of these brands. The ties with VW are probably a driver for involvement with Mobileye as those two have already been partnered for some time and expansion...

Vision-only Level 2 is easy, Vision-only Level 4 isn’t happening. - Future Elon Musk probably

At least $1b of the $5b sounds like straight up share dilution through a convertible note right? Don’t know about the other $4b. According to Gary there was never any risk of them going under. Doesn’t make sense to me

I’d expect the after hours reaction on Rivian to fade tomorrow, who knows what the stock market will do of course but The stock being up $5b in market cap on a $5b investment w/ dilution and joint venture, I don’t know if that makes much sense

It’s possible that more than 11,688 Cybertrucks have been produced but after #11,688 they switched from the problematic motor to a mini version of Optimus under the hood watching for rain and turning a little hand crank attached to the wiper.

I have to imagine that Elon and Cathie are in direct communication at least semi-regularly

I think most people would be fine with doing the limit if they could stop paying attention to what the vehicle is doing during that time, the push to speed would be reduced with the burden of the drive. I just don’t know how they’d get around a moose or deer or whatever flying out of the tree...

Driver monitoring with L3 to ensure the driver is ready to take over when prompted within the time allotted speaks to challenges inherent in the technology and concept IMO, not specific to Mercedes or any other suite but in general. That being the case with Mercedes in a Traffic Jam Assist could...

Tesla should bundle FSD with a Neuralink setup that keeps your adrenal glands running at full tilt in the event FSD misbehaves

It looks like Ford is probably using Mobileye based on previous press releases and such https://www.mobileye.com/news/mobileye-ces-2022-partner-news/

People tend to think of organizations like the NHTSA as slow, technologically unsavvy, full of red tape etc etc so it seems like a bit of a stretch to believe they’d react at the level of detail here talking different version numbers or even which module was active when dealing with something...

I refuse to believe anyone has basic AP now after all the free trials and such, everyone is surely at least subscribed to FSD. Do basic AP and FSD have different driver monitoring processes? I haven’t kept up enough to know if the reduction in wheel torque was limited to just FSD.

https://sfist.com/2024/06/18/tesla-in-full-self-driving-mode-goes-plowing-into-police-car/ West Orangethorpe Ave and Courtney Ave would be City Streets from what I can tell on Google, Orangethrope is a big road but don’t think it’s highway and it’s definitely not controlled access. This is...

There was a news article last week about a vehicle in California running into a pulled over police cruiser while FSD was operating, though I imagine that has been mentioned in this thread along with the speculation that may be the reason the rollout halted. The driver said they were on their...

FSD will probably need the ability to specifically avoid highways because I doubt Tesla will be taking liability for what a Robotaxi is doing at 80mph if/when they take liability for city streets autonomy.

That’s an asstronaut, similar but different

I don’t think it’ll even be a suggestion because they won’t put the onus on robotaxi passengers, it would need to be automatic and there would need to be checks in place to ensure they’re always good to go before even picking up passengers otherwise it would be a huge liability to operate with...

Gonna go off on a tangent here about how people almost certainly shouldn’t focus much on camera calibration. FSD is everything to Tesla now, the key to Tesla reaching many many trillions of dollars in valuation will not hinge upon needing to hit an extra button in some menu. If camera...

Feels like there is an alternate reality or something going on here, I come to a full stop 100% of the time at stop signs etc and it has never been in issue in my decades of driving. People don’t honk or anything, and everyone around me also seems to be doing full stops. Predictability is key...

The NHTSA’s attention was caught by people submitting complaints, the organization itself is largely reactionary and relies heavily on owner/user complaints. Some people didn’t like that the system was doing illegal things while they were responsible for what it was doing, maybe some were...

The F series is #1 but the premium trims are not the bulk of that, a huge chunk of F series sales will be fleet and basic XLTs and such with the #s decreasing as you move up the price spectrum. I see the AWD CT coming down to at least $60k if Tesla wants to move anywhere near 250,000 units per...

Your pool of customers decreases as price increases, don’t worry I’m sure we’ll hear some words from Elon in the near future to this effect and how they need to bring the price down to move all the trucks.

Aahhh I missed that apparently

On the topic, Rosalie Nathans (who appears to be a senior manager at Tesla) posted some kind of a demo video of Tesla operating a Robotaxi — however it’s unclear whether this is showing human-driven ride hailing or actual autonomy. Not sure if this link will work but if not you can find the...

Owning a Model S, X, or Cybertruck changes the equation here just because those vehicles are so much more expensive. People buying sports cars, sports trucks, or fancier SUVs are more likely to have the finances to support something like FSD and the cost makes more sense when the original cost...

If that does come to fruition, I’m sure we’ll see it in the quarterly financials. However considering that Elon is always harping on about price being the #1 barrier for people who want but don’t have Teslas, I’m dubious that a $100/month software option will be a big generator across the fleet...

All these data, numbers, graphs etc are cool and everything but have you heard that FSD v12.4 will reduce an unknown number of interventions per mile by a factor of 5-10x? When that unknown future number is realized, it will be far better than the number we presently don’t know.

Tesla needs to worry about accident rates for the company’s own self-preservation lol much less anything else But somewhere between 2-52 weeks after whenever the question is asked.

I have a hard time giving these list much credence without understanding a lot more about how exactly the numbers are derived. Last year Tesla had 4 out of the top 5 spots, and this year the top spots are much more diverse — so what changed? Cars.com mentions changes to workforce calculations...

Tire wear and tear and energy usage would be atrocious but governments would also introduce new taxes and fees if people were actually doing this, not only because road maintenance costs would increase but to replace lost property tax revenues. Why wouldn’t you just buy an RV and set up shop...

One thing I don’t understand and especially since Elon has talked about this before: in a world where actual AI and plethora humanoid robots exist, “the economy” begins losing meaning and likely currency begins losing meaning so it begs asking why a dollar valuation matters at that point. If we...

Wow Elon is also describing remoting into cars when they’re stuck like Waymo

Wow Elon actually said V12 Unsupervised

Hardware 3 will definitely still do amazing things right guys SAE Level 4-5, fully Robotaxi-type amazing things right

I can’t tell if Elon is talking about the cars actually operating autonomously or AirBNBing is adding your car to the fleet and someone comes by to use your car while you’re out of town

I don’t think this is the same limitation, and Tesla wouldn’t have the same limitations to the same extent if the cameras were different and positioned differently.

Director terms reduced to 1 year and simple majority voting both won against the Board’s recommendations?

Both of the posts you linked are full of replies saying people have had no problems with sunglasses — is there something from Supercruise or Blue Cruise that say sunglasses can’t be worn while using the system? They shouldn’t.

The role of the camera of course evolved because actual robotaxis have not been realized, and I doubt Elon is happy about being here all these years later and the users are just glad it can be used to make the nags a bit less onerous. The cabin camera requirements (no sunglasses, limited...

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