Tesla Talk

I think getting regulatory support will always be the biggest hurdle Musk faces. Regulators are naturally going to be conservative, meaning getting FSD that relies on vision only was always going to be a tough ask.

That ask may well be looking somewhat easier.

Its going to be an interesting space to watch Tesla next year also given Trumps attitudes to EVs & renewables in general.

More to do crypto-sceptic Sherrod Brown losing his Senate seat and thus losing chairmanship of the Senate Banking Committee. The Crypto Bros pumped sh1tloads of money into his Republican opponent's campaign on a bid to unseat him, and potentially open up looser regulations.

Autopilot should be a good indication of what FSD has to offer, but it's crap. Autopilot is undoubtedly the least reliable ADAS system I've ever used, I don't care what NCAP ratings say, real world Irish climate - its crap. Sharing @ELM327 experience, I get countless bingbongs due to darkness, glare, rain, etc. If the system struggles with basic functionality under common conditions, where other manufacturers’ systems perform much better, it’s unrealistic to expect it to perform flawlessly in more complex scenarios.

Cameras are essential as part of a suite of ADAS sensors for redundancy; cameras alone cannot provide the necessary depth perception, redundancy, and environmental understanding required for safe FSD, especially in unfavorable weather like we always have in Ireland.

Musk is a cult of personality, like trump. Believing Musk is like voting for Trump; people completely ignore the past, ignore his promises, ignore his lies, and blindly believe his every word. The amount of positive comments I read online about Musk is crazy. Some people talk like he actually builds cars, rockets, whatever, with his bare hands. Musk invented this or that, blah blah. He surrounds himself with sycophants.

He constantly pushes this nonsense about Tesla being a technology company because technology is easy to promise and pump.

"Musk is a cult of personality, like trump. Believing Musk is like voting for Trump; people completely ignore the past, ignore his promises, ignore his lies, and blindly believe his every word. The amount of positive comments I read online about Musk is crazy. Some people talk like he actually builds cars, rockets, whatever, with his bare hands. Musk invented this or that, blah blah. He surrounds himself with sycophants.

He constantly pushes this nonsense about Tesla being a technology company because technology is easy to promise and pump."

Thats one view (everyone can and should form a view) but ultimately the "collective view" is reflected in the share price which is traded in heavy volumes. Undoubtedly a volatile share but the sentiment is overwhelmingly positive and it is not only "gullible" retail investors who hold shares there are large Institutional Investors in their ranks that speak, and continue to speak, with their their wallets.

Yeah and funny thing is that you could take a much lesser offer from them(if it was within reason) because they are so much cheaper - if that makes sense?

It’s the same story, they don’t want them.

I saw Musk spent over 100 million dollars helping Trump get elected and his net worth increased by over 26 billion after he was successful! That is some return on investment.

He backed the right horse there no doubt and will be able to shape policy to further enrich himself.

Tesla are looking to hire drivers to remotely operate their “Fully Self Driving” robotaxis.

Yes, currently due to limitations and (I presume) regulations, there has to be tech support on standby. Waymo have this.

Yes, but putting it in the headline it looks like its trying to make a laugh of FSD.

FSD isnt perfect but the US version is very competent as an advanced drivers aid.

Here you go

The 20k taxi grant will soften the blow.

I wonder how many times he has had the bushes replaced. Ive had 3 sets in 150k.