Satellitemap.space has a real-time view of the Starlink low earth orbit satellite constellation. Each dot is a Starlink satellite. You can see how many are over any particular country or region. There are some string of dots. Those are recent launches that still have to move to their final positions. Starlink is currently serving mainly …
I did some research on Tesla safety using non-Tesla data to address the issue from the AI experts. Some AI experts criticized FSD. I used US, UK government and insurance data to show Tesla is already safer and why we should expect more safety from Autopilot and FSD. I also provided context about where and …
Lars of Best in Tesla has reviewed the EV forecasts made by IEA, EIA and Opec and Deloitte and Ark Invest from 2016. Let us look at how much the energy picture changes as we shift over from gas cars to electric cars. In China, it is a lot of coal power but also new …
A team from MIT bubbles could be manufactured directly in outer space, forming an extensive deflective raft to reduce light from the sun. This would be geoeneringeering to fix climate change. The bubbles would be positioned at the Lagrangian Point between the Earth and the Sun. At the labs at MIT, they have tested bubbles …
Which Car Companies Goes Bankrupt or Restructures First? They will be losing 50-90% of their legacy auto business from 2024-2028. When and how fast will depend upon their region and types of cars they make. Large trucks and SUVs will take 2-5 years longer to replace. China and Europe and transition about 2-4 years faster …
A team of researchers from China used the Sunway supercomputer to train an AI model with 174 trillion parameters called ‘bagualu,’ which means “alchemist’s pot.” The AI parameters are comparable to the number of synapses (1000 trillion in the human brain). However, human synapses and AI parameters are not equivalent. In 2020, Microsoft trained a …
High-tech plant-based 3D printed meat is the ‘gamechanger’ we’ve been waiting for. After a run of good press and some bold predictions, the ‘alt-meat’ naysayers have begun an inevitable backlash. The Financial Times in January this year asked, “Has the Appetite for Plant-Based Meat Already Peaked?” The answer to that question – despite industry setbacks …
Elon Musk was interviewed by the Tesla Owners Silicon Valley. There were three parts to the interview. There were all kinds of highlights. He explained the reason for the slow ramp in Texas. There has been delays ramping 4680 and the structural battery packs. The tooling for 2170 battery packs had been stuck in a …
We know several new things about the growth of SpaceX Starlink and plans to increase mass production of the fully reusable Starship. Spacex President and COO Gwynn Shotwell talked about a target of one Starship rocket every day. This means the need for 4000 Raptor engines every year. In a recent SpaceX staff presentation, SpaceX …
SpaceX had three successful launches within a 37 hour period. 3 launches from 3 SpaceX pads in less than 37 hours pic.twitter.com/CLGdPg8smj — SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 20, 2022 June 17, Falcon 9 launched from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. This deployed 53 Starlink satellites. The booster used for the launch completed its 13th flight …
Nio is now taking orders fo their new electric car models the ES8, ES6 and EC6. The Nio ES8 had a test drive from Sandy Munro. The
