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Chief Engineer retweeted
The adjective for metal is metallic, but not for iron, which is ironic. Thank you.
Chief Engineer retweeted
WTF…
Tesla turned on the world's largest Giga Press in Aug 2020 and was shipping Model Ys with a single-piece rear casting by Dec 2020.
That was 6 years ago… Ford just gave it a new name.
Welcome to 2020, Jim.
5,000 unicastings and counting!
For our new affordable midsize electric truck, the @Ford Fathom, we aren't stripping out features customers want. We're innovating. We have fundamentally reimagined how we design and manufacture vehicles to make them more affordable.
These aluminum castings replace 146 structural parts with just two, reducing weight, improving efficiency and enabling our new Universal Production System at the Louisville Assembly Plant, which allows us to build major sections of the vehicle simultaneously before bringing them together.
Great progress by our teams! Excited for what's ahead!
fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/a…
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Tesla engineered the Cybercab's battery pack with space for a future LFP chemistry swap. That forward-compatible design could drive Robotaxi costs sharply lower, and it is all happening at Gigafactory Texas. New analysis on the Tesla Owners Club of Austin blog.
teslaownersaustin.com/electr…
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Tesla just registered another 81 Cybercabs for its Robotaxi fleet, bringing the total number of Cybercabs registered to date to 546, according to the Texas DMV.
This means Tesla has now added nearly 200 Cybercabs to its robotaxi in just the last week alone.
Chief Engineer retweeted
They need to have the Tampa and Miami ones include the beaches!
Updated @Tesla Robotaxi geofence sizes (in square miles):
• Austin: 272
• Houston: 254 (916% increase today)
• Dallas: 81
• Miami: 31
• Orlando: 26
• Tampa: 24
All these areas are fully autonomous/unsupervised robotaxis only.
Chief Engineer retweeted
WHY DID YOUR
ELECTRONICS CHANGE
THEIR POWER BUTTON
TO THIS SYMBOL?
IS THIS CONCERNING?
Chief Engineer retweeted
Waymo spent years building its lead in Austin. Tesla just came flying past it.
Holy shit.
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Tesla FSD Supervised (now named Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe) has officially been approved in Latvia, marking the 10th European country.
Countries in Europe that have approved it so far:
• Belgium
• Netherlands
• Denmark
• Lithuania
• Estonia
• Slovenia
• Czechia
• Croatia
• Slovakia
• Latvia
Chief Engineer retweeted
Moment Nigerians superstar Burna Boy presented Socrates Award to Arsenal’s Saka at #BallonDor
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Updated @Tesla Robotaxi geofence sizes (in square miles):
• Austin: 272
• Houston: 254 (916% increase today)
• Dallas: 81
• Miami: 31
• Orlando: 26
• Tampa: 24
All these areas are fully autonomous/unsupervised robotaxis only.
Chief Engineer retweeted
Franz pulling up to the Petersen dinner in the new Tesla Roadster.
Love the dihedral doors. They popped the rear so everyone could look at the COPV.
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Wow, look at all these Tesla Cybercabs and Model Y Robotaxis heading back to base. This is the largest number of Tesla robotaxis ever seen together on public roads.
Tesla is nearing 1,000 robotaxis registered in Texas to date.
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NHTSA announced today that they are proposing new rules aimed at removing U.S. federal regulatory barriers for autonomous vehicles without steering wheels or pedals, such as @Tesla's Cybercab.
The proposed changes include:
• Eliminating requirements for manually operated turn signal controls in vehicles without steering wheels or pedals: "NHTSA has concluded that the self-canceling and manually operated control requirements in the current standard are unnecessary for turn signal operating units that are installed on vehicles without manually operated driving controls."
• Allowing autonomous driving systems to control turn signals, hazard lights, and high/low beams without traditional driver-operated switches.
• Removing certain dashboard indicator requirements for turn signals and high beams in vehicles without manual driving controls.
• Allowing optional cyan-colored exterior lights to indicate when a vehicle is operating autonomously, with standardized requirements for their placement, brightness, and operation.
• Eliminating outdated restrictions on vertical headlight arrangements, giving automakers greater design flexibility.
• Allowing modern integrated headlights to be tested at manufacturer-specified voltages rather than requiring 12.8 volts.
NHTSA says the changes are intended to eliminate unnecessary regulatory barriers, reduce costs, and enable innovation without compromising vehicle safety.
Chief Engineer retweeted
Six banks raised their SpaceX price targets after the Q3 call:
JPMorgan: $240 to $500
Barclays: $254 to $300
Wells Fargo: $214 to $274
Citi: $200 to $240
UBS: $210 to $230
Mizuho: $200 to $205
Morgan Stanley held at $300. Revenue came in at $14.6 billion against a $12.7 billion estimate, and shares rose about 8% after hours to around $160.
JPMorgan's $500 target is about 3x that price.
$SPCX
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Tesla says they have officially started Optimus production in Fremont on their high-volume lines.
"The bots coming off this line are the first production quality bots that we have manufactured. While we will continue to iterate on the hardware and manufacturing process, we have proven that the current manufacturing process for Optimus is suitable for a commercial product."
