This coming decade will be seen as THE decade of CHANGE that defines and shapes the next 100 and even next thousand years. This new decade will be even more important than any developments in the past 2000 years. It will transition us from the world similar to the 20th century to a science fiction …
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 …
The DARPA RACER program’s goal is to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that enable unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to maneuver in unstructured off-road terrain at the limit of the vehicle’s mechanical systems and at, or beyond, human-driven speeds and efficiencies. “RACER is intended to disruptively advance the integration and fielding of autonomy for robotic combat …
Elon Musk does not drive new programs at Tesla because he wants to, he drives them because he has to. Elon is currently driving the FSD (Full Self Driving) and the Teslabot program at Tesla. Long term, every car will have FSD. And so — and the value of that will be a very big …
If people listened and believed what Elon said in the 2021 earnings call then they would hear the message that the tipping point for full self driving is this year. The annual report says there are 60,000 FSD beta users. This is out of about 300,000 US FSD beta purchasers. Elon says he would be …
The Tesla full self-driving beta button is live. Tesla owners can now request to become part of the full self-driving beta. The system will monitor driving for 7 days and if the person is deemed to be a safe driver then they will be given access based upon Tesla’s selection criteria and timing. FSD Beta …
Sandy Munro is the CEO of Munro Associates. Munro is working with manufacturers on the designs of two large EVs and several three-wheel electric vehicles, as well as several major OEM’s in the legacy auto sector looking to stay competitive in the EV shift. Munro has also secured several long-term defense contracts, and these projects …
Woody Allen said that 90% of life is showing up. Tom Peters said 80% of success is showing up. Tesla Bots will be able to show up better than Boston Dynamic robots. Boston Dynamics have some agile robots that are able to climb and jump over barriers in rooms. Tesla has a million cars navigating …
The Tesla AI Day presentation is starting. Elon has started out by asking for people who want to solve real world AI at the hardware or software level to apply to Tesla. Andrej Karpathy, the director of artificial intelligence and Autopilot Vision at Tesla, is now giving a technical deep dive into the Autopilot stack. …
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. …
Elon Musk tweeted that the Full self driving beta version 9 will be released this Saturday. There will be about 2000 Beta testers initially. It has previously been reported that it would be about a month after initial beta release before it goes to wider adoption. Saturday — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2021 SOURCES …