💡 Tesla executive Rohan Patel highlights Southeast Asia’s potential for growth in battery storage and electric vehicle adoption. 🚗 Tesla Malaysia recently commenced deliveries of Model Y units to reservation holders, indicating the company’s expansion efforts in Southeast Asia. 🌏 Southeast Asia, including countries like Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, presents opportunities for Tesla’s presence and…
💼 Mike Abbott, General Motors’ Executive Vice President of Software and Services, is stepping down due to health reasons. 🛠️ Abbott spearheaded GM’s software and services division, aiding in electric vehicle production and subscription services. 🧑💼 Baris Cetinok, General Motors’ Vice President of Product in Software and Services, will serve as interim head of Abbott’s…
💼 Navistar, a subsidiary of Volkswagen-owned Traton, has launched an autonomous trucking pilot program in partnership with technology company Plus. 🚛 Navistar aims to integrate Plus’s Level 4 autonomous SuperDrive technology into its International brand trucks and others. 🛣️ Navistar plans to validate autonomous trucks in certain parts of Texas, with customer pilots expected to…
💡 ADAS safeguards across auto brands are lacking, as per IIHS study. 🚗 Most of the 14 partially automated systems tested received “marginal” or “poor” ratings. 🔍 Driver monitoring and attention reminders were low-rated categories across most brands. 📊 Categories individually rated included emergency procedures, lane change, adaptive cruise control, and more. ⚠️ Partially automated…
🚀 SpaceX is preparing for Starship’s 3rd test flight, potentially happening in two days. 🔧 Teams are actively working on preparing Ship 28 and Booster 10, including installing the Flight Termination System. 🌍 SpaceX aims for a suborbital trajectory with a splashdown east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, increasing public safety. 📅 The company…
🚀 Rocket Lab plans to launch Synspectives’ Strix-3 satellite from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on March 13th. 🛰️ This will be the 4th mission dedicated to deploying Synspectives synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites. 🌍 Synspective aims to have a constellation of 30 SAR satellites in orbit by the end of the decade. 📡…
💬 Elon Musk’s xAI company is set to open-source its first language model, Grok, this week. 🤖 Grok is an AI language model developed by xAI, directly competing with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. 📉 Musk has been critical of OpenAI for deviating from its original non-profit, open-source mission, particularly due to partnerships with Microsoft and other funding…
🔥 Crew 7 returned to Earth via a fiery re-entry, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico. 🚀 Crew 7, comprising astronauts from NASA, ESA, JAXA, and Russia, spent 197 days aboard the ISS. 🛰️ During their mission, Crew 7 participated in Expeditions 69 and 70, conducting scientific experiments and maintenance tasks. 🚁 After disembarking,…
📝 A Tesla shareholder initiated a petition urging the NHTSA to revise its terminology regarding OTA updates. 🚗 The petition aims to classify OTA software updates separately from traditional recalls and eliminate paper recall notices. 💻 The petitioner suggests that as vehicles become more technologically advanced, recall practices should be modernized to improve safety and…
💡 Tesla’s latest software update, 2024.8, introduces a new one-time charge limit feature and support for adaptive high beams. 🚗 The software update is currently rolling out to Tesla vehicles, starting with European models. 🌍 Adaptive high beams, designed to detect other road users and reduce glare, are initially available in Europe but will expand…