Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

[EVMeister]

What is Tesla's Mystery Magnet?

The automaker is swearing off rare-earth elements—but experts are doubtful

spectrum.ieee.org

Source - Twitter.

"Experts" have been doubtful about many things SpaceX and Tesla says they're going to do. Then they do these things they said they'll do.

 

[Huskyf]

Following up here before we get into the stock market open tomorrow, this FSD Beta tester has now posted a video of Downtown Chicago driving and dude is seriously living on the edge. The whole video is painful, but look at this behaviour and near collision starting @ 42:30

Yes but this is the recalled version not the new one with the NTSHA corrections. We need this guy make another video when receive the new 11.3.2

 

[Artful Dodger]

"Experts" have been doubtful about many things SpaceX and Tesla says they're going to do. Then they do these things they said they'll do.

Yeah, opposing business interests express their "doubts". at the other pole, Scientists are conducting ongoing research in this field: (c.f. this paper published in Nov 2022)

Xia, Weiyi, et al. "Accelerating the discovery of novel magnetic materials using machine learning–guided adaptive feedback." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119.47 (2022):​

Currently, Google Scholar lists about 100 results for "related articles". This is clearly an active area of research, despite the OP articles that breathlessly claims (twice) that it's "against the laws of physics". Where have we heard that before?

 

[2daMoon]

well you could argue the Texas Loop kinda does that - still not using FSDb for the tunnel part or any part :/

Vegas Loop? It has a driver, so, is supervised.

But, yeah, it should be a good opportunity to demonstrate an unsupervised, geofenced (in the tube) operation without much risk.

 

[thx1139]

Yes but this is the recalled version not the new one with the NTSHA corrections. We need this guy make another video when receive the new 11.3.2

Huh, I thought when V11 went out the recall update went along with it. Thats what I remember seeing couple weeks ago. Was that something different?

 

[Unpilot]

Downloading it now.

 

[JusRelax]

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Does your Tesla have ultrasonic sensors? If not, could you test out the park assist?

 

[Unpilot]

Does your Tesla have ultrasonic sensors? If not, could you test out the park assist?

It does....but I can't. Car is in SC, I am in Fl.

 

[Opus BC fan]

OT
The branding iron is back in stock.

 

[2daMoon]

OT
The branding iron is back in stock.

Yeah, I don't need it. What would I do with it?

It is a completely useless bauble, and an overpriced trinket as well.

So, yeah, I ordered one to go with the Decanter and Whistle.

 

[Christine69420]

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I am seriously envious now. My inner nerd is all charged up. Is the lack of FSD Beta in Europe a legit reason to get a green card?

 

[hobbes]

Other cars seem like they´re standing still ! Not official yet and no conditions for a record, but good to have a race driver give a thumps up:

First privately owned Tesla Model S Plaid hits the Nürburgring with Sebastian Vittel behind the yoke [Video]

The Tesla Model S Plaid is no stranger to the Nürburgring, one of the most famous and difficult race tracks in the world. Over the years Tesla has brought out several iterations of the Model […]

driveteslacanada.ca

 

[traxila]

Here is some cutting edge journalism from the WSJ. Talk about ahead of the curve….

Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Targets at Tesla Pressure EV Rivals

GM, Ford and Volkswagen face questions about efforts to slash costs for future vehicles.

www.wsj.com

 

[Stretch2727]

So much for a pivot to EV's for Toyota. I just don't see how they can waste any more time and money on hydrogen for light vehicles.

I find it ironic they use the "environmental" argument for focusing on Hybrid. Saying they can get more environmental benefit by spreading the batteries among hybrid vehicles. They are probably correct here in the short term but missing all the other benefits of EV such as quiet performance, low maintenance, better packaging and safety.

Then they miss the environmental impact of hydrogen where you are going to waste 2/3 of the renewable energy (assuming we get to "green" hydrogen) versus just putting it directly into a battery.

They are totally lost.

New Toyota CEO Still Wants To Prioritize Hydrogen Over BEVs

Toyota's new CEO, Koji Sato, believes hydrogen is the way forward when it comes to carbon neutrality. However, he is not discounting BEVs entirely.

insideevs.com

 

[2daMoon]

So much for a pivot to EV's for Toyota. I just don't see how they can waste any more time and money on hydrogen for light vehicles.

I find it ironic they use the "environmental" argument for focusing on Hybrid. Saying they can get more environmental benefit by spreading the batteries among hybrid vehicles. They are probably correct here in the short term but missing all the other benefits of EV such as quiet performance, low maintenance, better packaging and safety.

Then they miss the environmental impact of hydrogen where you are going to waste 2/3 of the renewable energy (assuming we get to "green" hydrogen) versus just putting it directly into a battery.

They are totally lost.

New Toyota CEO Still Wants To Prioritize Hydrogen Over BEVs

Toyota's new CEO, Koji Sato, believes hydrogen is the way forward when it comes to carbon neutrality. However, he is not discounting BEVs entirely.

insideevs.com

It has always seemed to me that Toyota's decisions along these lines align too closely with Big Oil's hopes to remain relevant by producing Hydrogen from oil.

I can't point at any evidence to nail this down, but it wouldn't surprise me if such a relationship influencing their (and others) unswerving commitment toward developing Fool Cell cars were uncovered.

 

[Opus BC fan]

It has always seemed to me that Toyota's decisions along these lines align too closely with Big Oil's hopes to remain relevant by producing Hydrogen from oil.

I can't point at any evidence to nail this down, but it wouldn't surprise me if such a relationship influencing their (and others) unswerving commitment toward developing Fool Cell cars were uncovered.

OT
15 years ago I had a coworker expressing she was proud of her husband's expert research in hydrogen. I finally got to meet him at a social event. He was proud of his income, degrees, and status. Surprisingly, he was pessimistic about hydrogen as clean energy.

and his employer was ExxonMobil...

 

[Skryll]

It has always seemed to me that Toyota's decisions along these lines align too closely with Big Oil's hopes to remain relevant by producing Hydrogen from oil.

I can't point at any evidence to nail this down, but it wouldn't surprise me if such a relationship influencing their (and others) unswerving commitment toward developing Fool Cell cars were uncovered.

Mining for hydrogen from the earth crust will be the new oil.

 

[Drax7]

Other cars seem like they´re standing still ! Not official yet and no conditions for a record, but good to have a race driver give a thumps up:

First privately owned Tesla Model S Plaid hits the Nürburgring with Sebastian Vittel behind the yoke [Video]

The Tesla Model S Plaid is no stranger to the Nürburgring, one of the most famous and difficult race tracks in the world. Over the years Tesla has brought out several iterations of the Model […]

driveteslacanada.ca

Fun, wish I could drive like that.

 

[2daMoon]

Mining for hydrogen from the earth crust will be the new oil.

That's a new one for me. Fascinating!

Hydrogen could be taken straight from the ground

Hydrogen could be taken straight from the ground to supplement hydrogen derived from fossil fuels and renewables, according to scientists researching this underexplored alternative. Natural, or white, hydrogen is continuously produced in the earth’s crust, and scientists are now discovering...

sciencebusiness.net

 

[UncaNed]

So I guess this is about 1/13th of the participants that has the app? Which means we have to multiply 86 X 13= ~1000 people now has V11.

https://pircher.bz.it/teslafirmware/fsdbeta

Thank you for moderating my elevated expectations of seeing Ver. 11 any time soon.

Also, has anyone else noticed the appearance of the new Loot box Icon

atop the Tesla phone App about a month ago? Wondering what if it means they're planning a new referral program.