🚗 Tesla’s FSD V12.4.2 is moving to internal testing. 🧑💼 Elon Musk views FSD as crucial for Tesla’s future success. ⏳ FSD updates have been frequent, but V12.4.2 is highly anticipated. 🛠️ FSD V12.4 and V12.4.1 were rolled out to employees in early June. 🛣️ Elon Musk describes V12.4.2 as smoother, balancing safety and comfort.…
🚗 A California doctor drove his family’s Tesla Model Y off a cliff at Devil’s Slide. ⚖️ Judge Susan Jakubowski ruled that Dharmesh Patel is eligible for mental health diversion, suspending all criminal charges. 🚒 The Tesla Model Y fell over 250 feet, but the family survived due to the vehicle’s safety features. 👨👩👧👦 Patel’s…
🚘 Tesla is recalling over 11,000 Cybertrucks for two different issues. 🛠️ One recall affects 11,383 units due to improperly adhered trunk bed trim, which can become loose and detach. 🏭 The trunk bed trim issue is related to parts manufactured by Axiom Plastics and involves adhesive quality control improvements at Gigafactory Texas. 🌧️ The…
🚗 Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng experienced Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) system and Waymo’s robotaxi service in the USA. 🌐 He believes fully autonomous driving could have a significant breakthrough, a “ChatGPT moment,” in 2025. 🏙️ Waymo performed better in downtown San Francisco, while Tesla’s FSD excelled in Silicon Valley and on highways. 🚀 He is impressed…
🚗 Tesla adds Mercedes-Benz to the brands getting Supercharger access. 📅 No specific timeline yet for when Mercedes-Benz will get access. ⚡ Tesla’s Superchargers opened to Rivian and Ford EVs earlier this year. 🔋 General Motors, Polestar, and Volvo will also gain access to Superchargers. 🌐 Mass layoffs at Tesla have delayed some Supercharger access…
🎥 Tesla has released a new video showcasing a day in the life of a worker at Giga Berlin. 🏭 The video features an employee detailing their daily routine at the factory in Grünheide, Germany. 🤖 Viewers see various tasks, including interactions with night crew and operations involving robots that construct the electric drive motor.…
🚗 The Tesla Model 3 Performance, while not the fastest in Tesla’s lineup, boasts impressive specs with a 0-60 mph time of 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 262 km/h (163 mph). 🏎️ A video from the YouTube channel YouOnlyNeedACar shows the Model 3 Performance achieving its top speed on the Autobahn without any…
🔋 Tesla’s new supercomputing cluster at Giga Texas will aim to use ~130MW of power this year. ⚡ Power usage will increase to over 500MW in the next 18 months. 🧠 The cluster will use half Tesla’s own hardware and half Nvidia or other companies’ hardware. 🛠️ The training center requires extensive cooling infrastructure, including…
🧑🎤 Elon Musk announced Tesla’s next-gen self-driving computer won’t be called Hardware 5 (HW5), but AI5. 📅 AI5 will be available in vehicles in the second half of 2025. 🔋 AI5 will consume roughly four times the energy that HW3 and HW4 did. 🏭 Gigafactory Texas to use 130MW of power & cooling, increasing to…
🚚 Tesla is set to roll out significant Cybertruck charging improvements hinted at earlier in April. 🔧 Fixes aim to address compatibility issues with Superchargers discovered during the Ocean to Ocean challenge. ⚡ Problems arose when Cybertruck topped out site power limits, causing cables to overheat. ⏰ An Over-the-Air update to solve these issues is…