SpaceX is pushing for an orbital launch this month. They had a successful Starship flight to 10 km and a successful landing. The BN4 has 29 new raptor engines. Three raptor engines were used for high altitude Starship flight and landing. This first orbital flight will not involve a launch attempt. They will drop the …
CATL is the world China’s top car battery maker with a market value of almost $200 billion, unveiled a battery pack that integrates sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries and targets sodium ion batteries for 2023. The Sodium ion batteries should be cheaper and relieve supply chain issues. China’s CATL (300750.SZ) said last week they will became …
Over the last decade, technology has changed many aspects of our lives. Our social lives, education, business, government – they all rely on technology to access more information and be more efficient, and trading is no exception! Regardless of whether you’re thinking about trading penny stocks, currencies, or commodities, you’re increasingly relying on technology to …
Tesla has released version 9.1 beta of the FSD software and Elon indicates that beta updates should come every two weeks. There is always a lot of cleanup after a major code release. Beta 9.2 will be tight. Still some fundamentals to solve for Beta 10, but now that we’re pure vision, progress is much …
The SpaceX Super Heavy booster has been loaded with Raptor engines. The Starship SN20 has most of its heat shield. Raptors on Super Heavy pic.twitter.com/jJy1vftHNB — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 2, 2021 29 Raptor engines and 4 grid fins have been installed on Super Heavy ahead of first orbital flight pic.twitter.com/XHkCZ9VYK4 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August …
The rumors are that Tesla will have a non-street legal but operational Model Y built in Texas next week. It is expected that Texas will start Model Y production in about two months. Giga Texas News: There is a high probability from a trusted source that the first fully completed test Model Y (operational, but …
Electric Vehicle makers Xpeng, Li Auto and Nio sold record cars in July. Li Auto’s sales jumped 251 percent year on year in July to 8,589 units, while Xpeng’s sales surged 228 percent to 8,040 cars. NIO delivered 7,931 vehicles in July 2021, increasing by 124.5% year-over-year. Cumulative deliveries of the ES8, ES6 and EC6 …
In 2021, the internet of things (IoT) will have global revenue of $212 billion from installing 35 billion (IoT) new devices in the year. This could reach $3 trillion of revenue by 2026. Each household in the developed world will have an average of 50 connected devices. This will be smartphones, speakers, 5G and home …
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada has had functionally zero homeless for about six years. Japan, Singapore and Denmark also have been very successful in dealing with homelessness. Singapore is a multi-ethnic society with about 6 million people. Hamilton, Canada ( a city with a population of 750,000) has also has great success reducing homelessness. Medicine Hat’s …
Tesla’s Q2 2021 earnings call indicated there is a 3-6 month delay in the 4680 production ramp compared to their prior statements. Previously Tesla had indicated that they would have 100 GW of batteries in 2022 while now they are saying they will reach a 100 GW per year runrate by the end of 2022. …
There is a new meme called “Cozy Futurism” which is pretending that there a choice between colonizing Mars and fixing Earth-based poverty, inequality and homelessness. I think they are basing this on the historical example of the European countries that did not colonize the Americas from 1500-1800 and solved inequality, poverty and homelessness. Oh that’s …
