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 …
Elon Musk says that the Tesla AI day will be August 19. Tesla AI Day August 19th — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 29, 2021 There is a version 9.1 beta FSD (Full self driving) update coming on tomorrow. Several improvements coming via V9.1 on Friday at midnight — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2021 There …
SpaceX is done testing Booster 3 and is working on Starship 20 and Booster 4. SpaceX Starship 4 could be ready for orbital flight testing by August 5th. Felix at What About It? is indicating the activity and rumors of a SpaceX orbital launch test target date of August 5th. This would likely be the …
Marcus House has worked with several people to use detailed calculations to model the first SpaceX lunar missions. NASA has funded the development of a lunar Starship. There are propellant calculations by Aeneas. They have determined it will take about seven refueling missions to fully fuel a lunar Starship in Earth orbit. This would then …
The Tesla Economist calculates that Tesla could deliver 292000 cars in Q4 of 2021 and this would be $16.2 billion in automotive revenue. This would be $6 billion more quarterly than the blowout Q2 auto revenue just reported by Tesla. This would mean about $3.1 billion in net income in Q4 versus $1.3 billion in …
ARK estimates that autonomous driving could reduce the cost of ride-hail significantly, expanding the addressable market. Today, the average price of an Uber is $2 per mile, while Didi is $0.50-$.70 per mile. We estimate that autonomous ride-hail vehicles will have higher utilization rates than human-driven cars, as well as lower labor and insurance costs. …
We already know that about 36% of people who get fully vaccinated by the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine will get COVID and have symptoms and 7% will still get serious illness. The 93% prevention of serious illness is great. A full course of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 64% effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19, according to an …
Scientists at Cambridge and Leeds have successfully reversed age-related memory loss in mice and say their discovery could lead to the development of genetic and drug treatments to prevent memory loss in people as they age. The team have already identified a potential drug, licensed for human use, that can be taken by mouth and …
Cambridge University and NTU Singapore have found that slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates drag more carbon into Earth’s interior than previously thought. Only about a third of the carbon recycled beneath volcanic chains returns to the surface via recycling, in contrast to previous theories that what goes down mostly comes back up. Carbon rich materials …