WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tesla said on Friday it is recalling about 239,000 vehicles in the United States because rear-view cameras may fail to work. The development comes days after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a probe into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles in the U.S. over repo...
Tesla might be, Elon isn't. They'll do what he says. They're spending billions getting the cybercab ready. They'll try it.
Tealas are the most American made car multiple years running.
On the earnings call they said something like 85% of the parts also come from North America which is far greater than other OEMs.
The stock was up in after hours trading as well. While not a guarantee of what will happen tomorrow when markets open, it's a good indication it'll open up.
They reiterated the cheaper models starting production in H1 2025 as well. Reuters had just reported those were delayed months on Thursday.
I'd love to see how they can twist a H1 2025 guidance on April 22 and then backtrack by June 30th. Not impossible though.
Today was the day to announce any delays if they were going to do it and not face investor backlash.
You think it's going to be hard for Tesla to convince a city in Texas to let them do autonomous rides?
Texas.
I'm not suggesting they'll do a lot of rides, but there will be at least a handful until something goes wrong sooner than it should and they force a pause.
Edit: and to be clear, something very wrong. Waymo does wrong things all the time and it's allowed. It's going to have to do enough wrong things in a short time or a very very bad thing sooner than it should. But they'll do rides until that.
Anthropic is building some tools to better understand how the LLMs actually work internally, and when they asked it to write a rhyme or something like that, they actually found that the LLM picked the rhyming words at the end first, and then wrote the rest using them at the end. So it might not be as straight forward as we originally thought.
I was pretty surprised when Iearned about the unpaid hours they worked years ago. It's insane it's ever been allowed, let alone so long.
Just think of all the fat bonuses he can get though once this craziness is done if he still has the job. The backlog will be huuuuuge.
If not a drone, maybe a supply chain attack?
Get a bomb you control into a truck that's moving there before going to the front lines? Get into multiple trucks for more spread damage?
In order to be charged with murder in the 1st degree you must
- Kill someone
- Premeditated the murder OR
KilledPerformed the act while in progress of a felony. (edit: cleaned that up so it wasn't kill and kill)
So yes, you can absolutely write lists like that.
Edit: Other obvious examples are instructions to do nearly anything. It's a list of items, you don't just choose individual items.
That doesn't make sense.
If it could be 1 OR 2 OR 3 they would have put the OR beside 1 as well.
Why does 2 have that explicit OR then?
Influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
That's not how I read it personally.
You need to
Intimidate, injure, or coerce a civilian population;
AND
Influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
OR
Affect the conduct of government through destruction of property, assassination, murder, kidnapping, or aircraft piracy.
Notice how the influence part has a very explicit or on the end of it, but the intimidate doesn't
If all you had to do was injure someone, and not be trying to influence or alter the conduct of the government through the action, it turns nearly everything violent thing into terrorism.
These school shootings often lack (but not always) the needed intent in B.
I don't think it's hard to make a case for that in the CEO shooting.
You might not be able to pre construct the whole building, but there's a lot of new technology out there that pre builds very large parts.
I've seen 15m pre fabricated concrete walls placed with cranes before.
There's a lot we could probably do like that which would speed up build times.
I'd want whatever the warranty was to be the same plus the miles.
So if it's 5 year 50k miles and I get it at 1k, I 'd want 5 year 51k miles.
They can't challenge if it they just use it again.
If the cons take power, it will remain in place until they are out of power. I imagine the opposing parties would have immediately revoking it, be a part of their platform, so we wouldn't need to wait through the end of the 5 year period.
Joe Rogen
Damn those criminal geniuses. Maybe next time!
People who make bribes on a frequent basis might!

CyberTruck Gets 5 Star Safety rating from NHSTA
I hope everyone can now stop with all the it has no crumple zone so it's a death trap comments.
I guess that means doubling down on the pedestrian death machine now.
Full report is available from the website
Edit: Also the report is dated January 14th. This is before Trump.

So, the recall is more than the rear camera, there was a software/hardware combo problem that could cause the HW4 computer to short, which took out major functionality on the car without the computer.
The backup camera is part of what is lost, and is a mandatory safety feature, so the recall is technically because of that, even though it's much more than that.
What I find interesting is that this appears to be the 2nd recall where software has physically broken hardware which is a more uncommon type of recall. Lots of hardware problems that can be fixed with software, but not a lot of software problems breaking hardware.
The other one was on earlier Model 3's they were logging too much data, and they actually went through the lifespan of the memory in the vehicle. Once the memory was dead the vehicle had problems. The fix was to log less. They eventually had to address that, but it took a long time to properly acknowledge.
Tesla said a reverse current may occur while powering up

Compares Turning Radius to Turning Circle and "Stands By The Numbers I Found"

A Cybertruck ‘blew up’ outside Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas

Having a discussion about turning radius of the EV trucks, and a person takes a radius for 2 vehicles, and then compares it to the turning circle of the 3rd.
I try to politely point out that the numbers he's comparing aren't the same, and then he replies that he "stands by the numbers I found"

Volkswagen to halt US ID.4 production following 100K vehicle recall

Volkswagen plans to temporarily halt ID.4 production at its Chattanooga, TN, plant following a nationwide recall involving nearly 100,000 models....

The company’s letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) stated the door handles could allow water to enter the circuit board assembly, which may lead to the doors opening unexpectedly.
According to Volkswagen, the production halt could last until the beginning of next year as it works to resolve the issue.

Ford CEO Jim Farley discusses the rapid evolution of electric vehicles

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This was a really good interview, worth the watch!

Porsche recalls all Taycan models globally for brake fix

Owners of every Taycan produced since 2020 will be called to dealers to replace front brake hose


2024 Tesla Model 3 AWD Qualifies for $7500 USD EV Credit again.

Its eligibility for the EV tax credit drops pricing to under $40K.

It doesn't say what was changed but that makes it a great price again.
It also really messes up the pricing between the 3 RWD which doesn't qualify and the AWD that does since it's only a 1k difference now. I wonder if we'll see them lower the RWD or potentially raise the AWD price?

Thoughts on range extenders for commuter cars?
So both Rivian and Tesla have or say they are going to have range extenders for their trucks, but in both cases even if they are removable and rentable they are huge as trucks are huge. In teslas case it seems to be a permanent change though.
What about commuter cars though?
One thing we really need is cheaper in city commuters and those don't need a long range. That brings costs down and gets more people into EVs, but those will get relegated to 2nd cars in many cases.
If those commuter cars could go to a shop and get an extender added in the trunk though that would make them much more capable of longer trips as well while keeping costs down.
If the battery rental is similar or less to renting a car for the same period then people would opt to use their own car for the longer trip and all the personal comforts that provides.
The batteries would be much smaller as well for a smaller vehicle.

VW to adopt NACS

The last major automaker to bend the knee to Tesla.


Tesla Manufacturing: See how the cybertruck HFS panels are blanked, bent and built

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Really cool look inside the factory!