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Self-Driving Car Rules May Be Eased under Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-17/trump-team-said-to-want-to-ease-us-rules-for-self-driving-cars
The Cybercab has made its first Tesla store appearance - at Santana Row in San Jose!
Interior passenger view:
Walkaround video from Tesla showroom in San Jose.
Elon Musk on Q3 earnings call: Cybercab will be a $25K car.
He also confirmed that there will be no Model 2 as there are no plans to produce a non-autonomous version of the Cybercab.
Per the Q3 2024 earnings call:
Tesla is already operating a FSD ride-hailing network for employees in the Bay Area. The cars being hailed currently have a safety driver in the car. It's been testing for the better part of a year.
Elon Musk expects to roll out ride-hailing service to public in...
Per per Elon Musk on Q3 2024 earnings call:
aiming for at least 2 million Cybercabs produced per year
confident on reaching volume Cybercab production in 2026
In the just released Q3 2024 earnings report, Tesla has confirmed that:
Cybercab will be built on our next-generation platform which includes a new powertrain with an estimated 5.5 mi/kWh. This will be our most efficient powertrain yet.
For perspective -- 5.5 mi/kWh is ~41% more efficient than...
In response to Marques Brownlee's assertion that wireless charging has a massive heat waste, Tesla has revealed that its wireless charging system for the Cybercab Robotaxi is "well above 90%"
Elon Musk added that:
There is no meaningful efficiency difference between inductive and conductive...
Tesla has just posted an update on Optimus:
* Can dock and charge itself
* Navigate around humans
* Carry a tray
* Walk up stairs
* Give snacks to humans
* Sort objects autonomously
* Can now pick up and carry items that weigh up to 11 kg (24 lbs)
None of these demonstrations are teleoperated.
One way that the Tesla Robotaxi network and plans could be rolled out earlier than expected is if Tesla doesn't wait to launch it together with the Cybercab launch. This idea was floated by ARK Invest's Director of Investment Analysis & Institutional Strategies, Tasha Keeney.
Per Teslarati...
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-autopilot-director-ashok-elluswamy-promoted-vp-ai-software/
Tesla Autopilot Director Ashok Elluswamy promoted to VP of AI Software
Tesla Director of Autopilot Software Ashok Elluswamy has been promoted to Vice President of AI Software. The promotion was listed...
According to Ashok Elluswamy (Tesla Autopilot Director), who was just promited to VP of AI Software, here are some impressive stats from the We, Robot event:
- 19 Cybercabs and 29 Model Ys driving themselves
- 1,300 trips transporting over 2,000 guests
- Continuous operation of over the 3.5...
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told the Financial Times that competing with Elon Musk is no easy task but he would "love" to get Tesla's Robotaxi on the Uber platform.
He goes on to say "We'll see what Tesla does and either we'll compete with them or work with them or a competition thereof."...