The Stanford Alpaca AI demonstrated the use of a larger and more expensive AI model to train a smaller and cheaper model. The cheaper model was as good and in come cases better than the more expensive model. The more expensive AI model generated vast amounts of better training data to improve the smaller model. …
There is more videos showing that Tesla FSD 11.3.3 is giving more zero-intervention rides in challenging urban driving conditions. The drivers who are monitoring the rides feel the car is being driven in a way where they feel comfortable and confident with the FSD system. There is still the need to improve traffic flow awareness. …
Japan’s economy has been in relative decline compared to many other developed countries. Japan sold 4.2 million cars in 2022 which is the lowest in 45 years. The cars that were sold were the cheaper K cars like the Honda N-Box and Toyota Yaris. The N-Box and Yaris are 1.6 million yen or about $12,500. …
Peter Zeihan made a series of mostly unsupported and false claims about electric vehicles while being interviewed on the Joe Rogan show. James Stephenson goes through all of the over forty aspects of what Peter Zeihan said. Here is the video and I have below screen shots of the thorough take down of each unsupported …
Mobileye presented their self-driving and driver-assist technology at the 2023 CES. Mobileye wants to change the terminology from level one to level to a user-based terminology. Mobileye Supervision and incremental improvement is like the incremental and profitable Tesla approach with Autopilot and FSD. Tesla’s FSD beta is already “eyes-on, hands-off” with 285,000 users for the …
There have been about 250 million cars in the US in most years from 2010 to 2022. The level has slowly increased to 280 million. The insurance site Auto Insurance EZ compiled sales and accident data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the National Transportation Safety Board. The site found that hybrid vehicles had …
Sandy Munro is selling Sandy Wants You Stickers for $15 each to offset the $210k purchase price of a Tesla Semi and the $1-2 million in work to perform a teardown and analysis of the Tesla Semi. Munro and Associates is a 34 year old company formed in 1988. Kona Equity estimates that Munro has …
Decarbonizing energy and other industries globally using hydrogen will require investment of almost $15 trillion between now and 2050 according to European Transitions Commission. More than $2 trillion of investment would be required in equipment and infrastructure to sustain the accelerating global momentum towards establishing hydrogen as a competitive element of a net-zero carbon emissions …
In 2023, it will be a big mistake to ignore profits from Tesla energy, new tax credits and full self-driving software. Analysts could safely ignore energy because while it was 10% in revenue it had almost no profits. Similarly, full self driving made a lot of headlines but was only used bought by less than …
DARPA’s Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program has had several off road races. Experiment 1 took place March-April 2022 on six courses of combat-relevant terrain. The teams did more than 40 autonomous runs of about 2 miles each and reached speeds just under 20 miles per hour. The biggest challenge the teams …
Tesla produced more Model Y than Toyota Corolla in the third quarter of 2022. Tesla produced about 238,000 Model Y and delivered 224,208 Model Y in the third quarter. Toyota delivered about 222k-230k Corolla’s in the third quarter. Tesla’s Model Y year-to-date revenue is about $33 billion versus Corolla at about $20-21 billion. Tesla ramping …
