JRP3
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Major navigation overhaul coming in early 2018. Will be light-years ahead of current system, but we are testing it rigorously before rolling out.
Elon Musk on Twitter
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Major navigation overhaul coming in early 2018. Will be light-years ahead of current system, but we are testing it rigorously before rolling out.
107 and counting. the numbers should still refresh for a few more hours.
Then again it's all just gravy now. We are well past every record.
Slow downs in one part of production does not preclude Tesla from making improvements to other parts of the automation. Certainly there are limits to what you can do when one part is very slow or stopped or missing parts, but I'm sure they are not just sitting on their hands waiting.
On the last call Elon did say that they expected to get to thousands per week by the end of the year. This could be the minimum level where the automation is running but not as fast as theoretically possible. Which brings me to a question of just how you speed it up. Is it all just adjusting the speed and timing on the software? Tesla seems to be allowing for 3 months or one quarter to go from a guestimated 2k/w at the end of your treat to 5k/w at the end of the 1st quarter next year. Elon had mentioned that the speed of the robots was so high that mass is the moving arm was an issue due to inertia and how the supplier has never asked to increase the speed of the robots. I remember a quote about needing a strobe light to see the robots but I think that was related to the gigafactory and not Fremont.
They must have tested some of these processes before making the final decision on the robots as that would be a show stopper. Some is those welding stations have several arms and they must stop long enough to actually complete the weld. How do you make that 2.5x then 5x faster without running into timing issues. You have to imagine they aren't just relying on timing and could infact have a feed back loop and use machine learning and ai and maybe even vision or other sensors to get feed back on where exactly the arm is that is in the way for the next step. It cant be as simple as just turning the speed dial to eleven. Tesla might have even ordered custom robots with higher quality motors and lighter materials on the arm. Tooling could also be special in that they are lighter. This is where Space X advantages come into play.
What kind of navigation system can be "light-years away?" I'm not imaginative enough to predict what's coming, but maybe some here are?
Natural language voice interface?More accurate maps?
Better routing?
Better traffic aware routing?
Multiple waypoints?
More options? Shortest/quickest; Avoid toll/highway/etc.
More accurate maps?
Better routing?
Better traffic aware routing?
Multiple waypoints?
More options? Shortest/quickest; Avoid toll/highway/etc.
Natural language voice interface?
combined it should at least be a parsec or two.Are those really "light-years" though?
"Major navigation overhaul coming in early 2018. Will be light-years ahead of current system, but we are testing it rigorously before rolling out."
What kind of navigation system can be "light-years away?" I'm not imaginative enough to predict what's coming, but maybe some here are?
Are those really "light-years" though?
Maybe some kind of live views as well ?
More accurate maps?
Better routing?
Better traffic aware routing?
Multiple waypoints?
More options? Shortest/quickest; Avoid toll/highway/etc.
One of the comments says that one of the changes coming is that you will be able to plan the route in your phone and send it to the car.
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What kind of navigation system can be "light-years away?" I'm not imaginative enough to predict what's coming, but maybe some here are?
I think the gigafactory slowdown led them to put m3 resources on S/X production, especially early in the quarter, explaining the big Europe deliveries. Europe deliveries for December are on track for 5000+. Haven't heard from Bonaire or schonelucht on vin count, but Europe data points to over 27000 S & X. Not sure if low interest loans were available in all of Europe or just Norway.Anybody here predicting Tesla will hit the elusive 30% gm on model S for q4?
Last earnings call they said they were going to be slightly scaling back on the S &X lines to focus on the 3. I’m hoping they eliminated overtime and what not on the S &X line to increase margins.
It seems like we might actually be set up to hit the 30% gm on the S and hopefully close on the X.
Thoughts?
Slow downs in one part of production does not preclude Tesla from making improvements to other parts of the automation. Certainly there are limits to what you can do when one part is very slow or stopped or missing parts, but I'm sure they are not just sitting on their hands waiting.
Maybe some kind of live views as well ?
Well if the update goes hand in hand with autopilot update, then this would be really cool : the car does all the driving right from the start, and just warn you when you need to take the lead when needed.
Predictive navigation. Get in your car at 7AM on a Wednesday, it automatically routes you to work. At 6PM, it routes you to recent restaurants you have been to, and comparable restaurants you would like.
Elon is prone to exaggeration.. space ship controls and the like. Probably just higher resolution display and better traffic integration.