Jordan Giesege of the Limiting described the 20-35% range improvement possible by increasing the silicon in the anode of iron LFP batteries. This could be used to reduce the weight and lower the cost while keeping the 260 mile range of a made in China Model 3. This could take the cost down from a …
There is a lot of confusion and misinformation when we look at electric vehicle competition. There are many common mistakes or problems in reported EV data and analysis. * there is the inclusion of plug in hybrid vehices with battery electric vehicle sales Plug in hybrids (PHEV) have combustion engines. Norway has seen PHEV sales …
Tesla has declared they will split their shares 3 for 1. On Friday, Tesla submitted a 14A filing with the SEC that clarified its plans for the 2022 Annual Stockholder’s Meeting, which will take place on August 4. Along with the several agenda items listed in the 14A filing, Tesla described its intentions to split …
Elon Musk has tweeted that Tesla FSD will drive without map data within a few months. Tesla will submit FSD to European regulators soon. Tesla has expanded its FSD Beta to those with driving scores above 91. Also, FSD Beta 10.12.2 now expanding to 100k cars. 10.13 smooths out intersection control, especially long lefts, and …
Elon Musk shared out an update presentation for a SpaceX all-hands meeting. There are some interesting renderings in the presentation. The new Starlink Generation 2 satellites are shown as having a length that is 80% of the diameter of the Starship. The Starship rocket is 9 meters wide. This means the renderings have the Gen …
In December 2021, NASA awarded a total of $415 million to three companies — Blue Origin, Nanoracks and Northrop Grumman — that are leading efforts to build private space stations in Earth orbit. NASA’s agreements with Blue Origin, Nanoracks, Northrop Grumman and Axiom represent the first phase of a planned two-phase effort to spur the …
Tesla Senior Vice President, Powertrain and Energy Engineering, Drew Baglino discusses the long term issues building the battery and electric vehicle supply chain. This was at a Stanford University event. Drew talked with Yi Cui, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Director of the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy and Will Chueh, Associate Professor …
I, Brian Wang, had a talk with Warren Redlich about Teslabot and the SpaceX Mechazilla launch tower. Warren Redlich has popular videos on Tesla. Warren is a major Tesla bull and SpaceX and Elon Musk fan. Teslabot can be made at a cost of about $2000 each for Tesla. This can be sold to enthusiasts …
The overall stock market is in a bear market. Tesla’s share price has been roughly cut in half from its peak early in 2022. What are the real risks from continuing market declines and from inflation and any economic recession? The overall market is down 20-30% There are real problems caused by the War, Inflation …
Elon Musk was interview at the All in Podcast. There were some highlights. Elon Musk thinks it is 100% certain that nuclear fusion will technically work. The question is will nuclear fusion be economically viable. Elon thinks nuclear fusion will not be economically viable. Elon repeated his point that there is a low birthrate problem. …
SpaceX COO and President Gwynne Shotwell says the orbital launch of Super Heavy Starship should be June or July from Boca Chica, Texas, pending FAA approvals. Shotwell said SpaceX views human #Mars exploration and nuclear propulsion systems as “inevitable”. NEWS: #Starship is ready to fly again in June or July from Boca Chica, Texas, @SpaceX …
