Musk endeavours

[odysseus2000]

FAA stop starship launch till March as they now say the environmental review will not be complete till 28-Feb-2022:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... w-Feb.html

Regards,

[odysseus2000]

Elon Musk interviewed by Lex Friedman with some excellent sections. His comments on fsd, if you have some technical knowledge, give a nice insight into how they are advancing it. There is a useful time line in the description:

https://youtu.be/DxREm3s1scA

Regards,

[BobbyD]

Tesco to begin UK’s first commercial use of fully electric HGVs

Two 37-tonne lorries will transport goods from a rail freight terminal in Cardiff to the company’s hub in Magor, about 30 miles away, from January.

The vehicles can travel about 100 miles on a single charge, making the relatively short distance of the round trip an ideal route to test how further vehicles could be rolled out in the fleet, Britain’s biggest supermarket said.

The first two, from the Dutch manufacturer DAF, are expected to make about 65,000 miles of haulage journeys otherwise made by diesel vehicles, cutting an estimated 87.4 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year.

- https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ctric-hgvs

[BobbyD]

Waymo Will Add This Driverless Geely EV To Ride Hailing Service

The Geely vehicle, sold under the Zeekr brand, does not have a physical steering wheel; it was designed to not need a driver.

https://insideevs.com/news/557595/waymo ... erless-ev/

[BobbyD]

Northvolt announces start of battery cell production at its gigafactory in Sweden

- https://electrek.co/2021/12/29/northvol ... ry-sweden/

[Howard]

Northvolt announces start of battery cell production at its gigafactory in Sweden

- https://electrek.co/2021/12/29/northvol ... ry-sweden/

On schedule

regards

Howard

[BobbyD]

Northvolt announces start of battery cell production at its gigafactory in Sweden

- https://electrek.co/2021/12/29/northvol ... ry-sweden/

On schedule

You might need to explain that concept for the Teslarati amongst us....

Not bad to go from a piece of paper to a functioning factory with your own battery design, an order book worth 10's of billions from across the industry, having sold half a JV with VW and inked another with Volvo in 6 years.

[odysseus2000]

BobbyD
You might need to explain that concept for the Teslarati amongst us....

Not bad to go from a piece of paper to a functioning factory with your own battery design, an order book worth 10's of billions from across the industry, having sold half a JV with VW and inked another with Volvo in 6 years.

While your at it, you might like to explain to the UK government that there is a difference between saying the UK will be a leader in battery tech and making it a reality.

Regards,

[BobbyD]

BobbyD
You might need to explain that concept for the Teslarati amongst us....

Not bad to go from a piece of paper to a functioning factory with your own battery design, an order book worth 10's of billions from across the industry, having sold half a JV with VW and inked another with Volvo in 6 years.

While your at it, you might like to explain to the UK government that there is a difference between saying the UK will be a leader in battery tech and making it a reality.

Regards,

God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

[odysseus2000]

BobbyD
God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Yes, but accepting with grace and serenity destroys all the fun of a good rant and tends not to work well. Ask leaders of the opposition who adopted this philosophy.

Regards,

[BobbyD]

Tesla recalls half a million cars in US over rearview camera and trunk defects
Issues could increase risk of crashes, regulators say
Recall is Tesla’s second run-in with regulators this month

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... nk-defects

[ReformedCharacter]

Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #252

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxREm3s1scA

RC

[odysseus2000]

Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #252

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxREm3s1scA

RC

Yes, it is good. I linked it a day ago, further back in the thread.

The discussion on AI is outstanding, but I thought they might also discuss the delays to Starship launch, but this might be too controversial & potentially dangerous to SpaceX.

Regards,

[BobbyD]

Tesla’s trunk latch and rear camera recalls extend to 200,000 more vehicles in China

- https://electrek.co/2021/12/31/tesla-tr ... les-china/

[odysseus2000]

Fabulous production numbers fromTesla:

https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesl ... deliveries

q4 305,840 produced

2021 930,422 produced.

Current yearly run rate without giga Berlin or giga Texas is 4x305,840 = 1,223,360 cars, suggesting that once the two new factories start to ramp that production will soon run through 2 million cars per year.

Regards,

[BobbyD]

While Tesla is still waiting for final approval to start production at Gigafactory Berlin, Germany’s largest union, IG Metall, has already opened an office next door.

- https://insideevs.com/news/558449/labor ... igaberlin/

[odysseus2000]

While Tesla is still waiting for final approval to start production at Gigafactory Berlin, Germany’s largest union, IG Metall, has already opened an office next door.

- https://insideevs.com/news/558449/labor ... igaberlin/

Ironic that the German politicians allows IG Metall to work, but stop the people who would be potential recruits for IG Metall from working.

Regards,

[BobbyD]

Tesla Cybertruck 2022 Production Estimate Removed From Website

- https://insideevs.com/news/558642/tesla ... isappears/

[odysseus2000]

Tesla Cybertruck 2022 Production Estimate Removed From Website

- https://insideevs.com/news/558642/tesla ... isappears/

Possibly to allow for major update with full year results later this month.

Regards,

[BobbyD]

Tesla Cybertruck 2022 Production Estimate Removed From Website

- https://insideevs.com/news/558642/tesla ... isappears/

Possibly to allow for major update with full year results later this month.

Regards,

I'm not sure firthet delays still count as a major update, or even a surprise.