Mr. Gork

Coerce is to destroy, freedom is to cultivate; Hate is tit for tat unjustified, love is unconditional within a condition.

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

Happy Birthday Motorola!

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

On this day in 1928: Motorola founded.

It launched the first cell phone in 1973.

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

@alanchen Iridium is an absolute engineering marvel, Motorola sunked 5-7 billion dollars, filed backrupcy 9 months after being put into operation in November 1998. Fantastic failure back in the days. Hope Phenix rising from the ashes this time.

[Teslaconomics @Teslaconomics]

BILL GATES WHERE THE ART THOU?!

I hope you're watching the Tesla Semi event tonight...

Tesla opens the Semi factory tonight at 6pm PT, live on 𝕏.

In 2020 Bill wrote that an electric 18-wheeler would probably NEVER work.

"The problem is that batteries are big and heavy. The more weight you're trying to move, the more batteries you need to power the vehicle. But the more batteries you use, the more weight you add, and the more power you need. Even with big breakthroughs in battery technology, electric vehicles will probably NEVER be a practical solution for things like 18-wheelers. Electricity works when you need to cover short distances, but we need a different solution for heavy, long-haul vehicles."

BTW, he also bet against the company... he shorted $TSLA.

In 2022 Elon texted him and asked if he still had a $ half-billion-dollar short position against Tesla.

And he did.

On December 17, 2025, Elon said that short was about 1% of Tesla's shares, and that it might have cost Gates over $10 billion by now. Elon even once said Gates told him in person, at Giga Texas, that a long-range Semi was impossible.

The Tesla team has been grinding over the years as people gave up on the Tesla Semi program... every year it slipped, more of them walked away.

In The Master Plan, Elon wrote the goal down on July 20, 2016... Tesla was NOT going to stop at cars. Heavy trucks had to go electric too, bc that is where a ton of the fuel actually gets burned. The team showed the Semi on November 16, 2017 and PepsiCo took the first ones in December 2022, hauling real freight with them ever since.

And tonight they are opening the factory.

The building is 1.7 million square feet, next to Gigafactory Nevada. Tesla sized it for up to produce 50,000 Semis a year. And Dan Priestley has said there will be many thousands by the end of 2026. So here are the facts.

1/ Standard Range is about 325 miles. Long Range is about 500. Both of those are at a full 82,000 lb load.

2/ It uses about 1.7 kWh per mile. A diesel Class 8 usually gets around 6 to 7 miles per gallon. A gallon of diesel holds about 38 kWh of energy. At 7 mpg that is a little over 5 kWh of fuel burned every mile. The Semi uses 1.7. The diesel is burning about 3 times the energy to move the same freight.

3/ The long range truck can take up to 1.2 megawatts. Tesla says about 60% of the battery comes back in 30 minutes. That is a driver’s required break, and on the 500-mile truck it is on the order of 300 miles. There is also a 25 kW outlet on the truck, so a refrigerated trailer can run off the battery.

4/ After the driver, fuel is one of the biggest bills a fleet has. $4 diesel at 7 mpg is about 57 cents a mile. Electricity at 15 cents a kWh and 1.7 kWh a mile is about 26 cents a mile. The direction is a lot less $ money per mile, and the price of electricity does not swing around the way diesel does. You also drop the oil changes, the diesel exhaust fluid, and the emissions equipment that keeps parking diesel trucks in the shop. Regenerative breaking slows the truck down, so the brakes last longer. It's clearly a financially better decision for businesses.

5/ Medium and heavy trucks were 23% of US transportation emissions. Transportation was the largest source of America’s direct emissions. These trucks are a small share of the vehicles, yet a huge share of the fuel. Take one diesel doing 100,000 miles a year at 7 mpg. That is about 14,300 gallons. The EPA puts about 22.5 pounds of CO2 in a gallon of diesel. Call it 145 metric tons a year, out of one tailpipe. The Tesla Semi also has no tailpipe, no diesel soot, no NOx on the street next to the warehouse, the port, or the school by the highway. A diesel is stuck burning diesel for the rest of its life.

6/ 800 kW is about 1,070 horsepower, from three motors. A lot of diesel tractors are 400 to 600 horsepower, and a full trailer makes them crawl on a grade while cars stack up behind. The Tesla Semi has the power to keep its speed. Tesla says those three motors can also catch a jackknife. The battery sits low, which makes the truck harder to roll. And Tesla Semis are designed for autonomy.

7/ PepsiCo has been running Semis since December 2022. Einride ordered 500, starting this month, across California, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and Georgia, including Amazon freight. This week ZET SCALE, a shipper group with Microsoft and PepsiCo in it, picked Tesla as the primary truck for a program of up to 2,500 electric Class 8 trucks. Tesla’s own account said 2,500 Semis. Kenworth, Volvo, and RIDE are also named in that deal, so the split is one of the things to listen for tonight. IMC ordered 50 for California port runs. DHL and ABF already bought after real pilots. Semis spotted at the factory today already had customer logos on them - PepsiCo, US Foods, DHL, Einride, ABF, IMC, WattEV, OK Produce, and more.

So Bill, I hope you’re watching tonight.

The truck you said would probably NEVER work is now getting its own 1.7-million-square-foot factory ready to be built at scale.

The debate over whether an electric 18-wheeler can exist is over.

Now the question is how big this gets. And knowing Tesla, the Semi we see today is probably only the beginning.

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

This looks like Lynx to me, Bobcat would have been bigger. But that aside, amazing footage showed how quick of a reflex that a cat has.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A very climactic showdown between a bobcat and a rattlesnake. The epic battle, filmed in the Angeles National Forest, shows once again how felines' reflexes can overwhelm snakes' ones

[📹 Robert Martinez]

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

@Can3933 最后一句你是说“远离仙人”是吗？😊

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

@wangzhian8848 真爱攀比。人家日本首相跟美国元首叫常来常往，中国国家主席则是10年一面，当然不同了。人之常情。

[Teslaconomics @Teslaconomics]

This week is going to be lit at the White House. 🔥

Xi Jinping lands tomorrow, and hasn’t been back for a White House state visit since 2015.

Thursday is the big day... the guest list is:
• Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX
• Jensen Huang, Nvidia
• Sam Altman, OpenAI
• Sundar Pichai, Google
• Tim Cook, Apple
• Jeff Bezos, Amazon
• Michael Dell, Dell
• Jane Fraser, Citi

All in the same room with Trump and Xi.

China represented about $21 billion of Tesla’s revenue last year - roughly 22% of the company. And around 626,000 Teslas were sold in China in 2025, about ~38% of Tesla’s worldwide deliveries.

Shanghai remains a massive part of Tesla’s business and Elon will be sitting in the room.

If you own $TSLA, this is an important day.

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

Elon, I am always rooting for you ...

[Teslaconomics @Teslaconomics]

I’ve realized something lately… Elon is human too.

He’s not an alien.

Just like all of us, he has good days and bad days. And when I think about how much he has on his shoulders at any given moment, I always try to remember that.

I honestly do my best to think through everything, before I say something to him.

There have been times I’ve talked to him with nothing but good, positive intentions, but maybe what I said didn’t come across the way I meant it to. And some days, I can just tell it didn’t land the way I hoped.

When that happens, I don’t push it. I just give him space and let him be. Sometimes caring about someone also means knowing when to step back.

But one thing I truly believe is that his heart is pure.

He cares, he really does.

I know he’s done so much for me behind the scenes, even if he doesn’t say it.

Plus his companies and products have completely changed my life.

I can see it in how much of himself he puts into the things he believes can make our future better.

Whatever kind of day he may be having, I don’t forget that…

And it’s a good reminder for all of us.

You never really know what somebody else is carrying or going through that day.

So pick people up when they’re not doing so hot. It doesn’t always take some huge gesture.

A few kind words, a little encouragement, or even a simple hug can completely change someone’s day.

No matter how successful, powerful, or accomplished someone is… they’re still human.

Elon, I’m always rooting for you! 👊♥️

[硅基摸鱼指南 @lengxiaohua]

5分钟硬核拆解本拉登十年隐身覆灭真相破除高科技定位谣言看懂信使追踪闹市隐身情报博弈的完整底层逻辑

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

好文。有理有据，论点明确深刻。

[艾地声Edysen @KA594594]

https://t.co/B8zhknCUPO

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

Mr. Galileo was correct, how about that?

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

During the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, astronaut David Scott dropped a hammer and a feather on the Moon at the same time, and both objects hit the lunar surface simultaneously.

And proved Galileo correct.

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

@xmuse_ Because the mob likes the most popular.

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

@dr_ericberg Add ginger to the frying pan, before cooking the egg. Taste good and support my immune system, costing almost nothing.

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

@WallStRanger101 Try Frontier or Ziply Fibre.

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

@KobeissiLetter That is not good. Banning the so called "fake news" is not a transparent government would do. It is no different than sensorship. It is against the very principle of free speech, where different view points and opinions are allowed to challenge the status quo.

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

@Nike Give the New Yorker and his daughter a life time supply of T-shirt!

[The Associated Press @AP]

For more than two decades, truck driver Joe Macken spent his free time building a massive scale model of his native New York City out of balsa wood and foam board. When he finished, his daughter convinced him to show the sprawling basement creation off on TikTok. The video clips went viral almost immediately.

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

@SamaHoole Pete Jacobs is my hero. I haven't heard about him in the 10 years or so, glad to learn he is doing well and on a nutritious diet. When will he be an Ironmen champ again?

[Mr. Gork @GalphZ]

@Mel__Gibson01 Yes provided Jesus is an aggregation of all human virtues and sacrifices.

[Farzad 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 @farzyness]

Had the great pleasure of doing a live pod with @davelee in a Tesla Cybercab @robotaxi.

It got SPICY.

Enjoy!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In 1972, TV history gave us truly one of the most adorable moments ever broadcast.