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[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Someone please explain to JARED KUSHNER that WARS are not BUSINESS DEALS or REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

And that Putin and Russia illegally INVADED Ukraine

And then bombed, slaughtered, raped and kidnapped the innocent men, women and children of that proud and brave country.

[Rob Maurer @robmaurer]

Cybercab is absolutely magical. Tesla has actually done it. A domestically mass-produced affordable autonomous electric vehicle is available to the general public. A car with no steering wheel generating revenue.

It’s sad to come back to a city without Robotaxi after being in Austin. Like stepping back in time. The event was awesome. I know it was tough to follow online, but we all knew the story going in.

This was a launch, not an unveiling. It felt like the city transformed immediately. Cybercabs were everywhere, you couldn’t take a trip without seeing another one. Outside of the ride experience itself, the scale of this launch is what I want to make sure people understand.

On previous trips, Robotaxi felt like a test network (an amazing one). Not anymore. Suddenly it’s real. It’s hard not to laugh when you ride past a Waymo in a Cybercab. Good luck… As I’ve said before, Robotaxi is way smoother than Waymo. It feels natural. Supernatural, really. This holds true for Cybercab. Waymo feels like a computer. And it looks like one too.

The production Cybercab is beautiful. It really is special. The color, the lines, the lighting, the doors. It looks great. While also being the most efficient car in history? Insane. I think it fits perfectly in the space between familiarity and the future. It doesn’t stick out, but it catches your attention. After exiting our first ride, there was a large group of 10-20 people. They were all talking about the Cybercab as we walked by. These doors are like gasoline on a word of mouth wildfire.

Our rides were flawless. Better than a human driver. No anxious moments. Cybercab is very comfortable, even at 6’2. Leg room is particularly notable. It would be tough to find a car that has this much leg room for two passengers at the same time. No pedals, center console, or multiple rows of seating creates a lot of space and a very open feel.

Robotaxi is unquestionably one of those products that will be way cheaper and way better than what existed before. I like those. No one is going to want to roll the dice on some random person and their car when the alternative is a private, safe, comfortable, clean, consistent, quiet, personalized Tesla with tons of room and a massive screen. It’s a premium experience on every level, and we get it cheaper thanks to technology. No noise or air pollution, either.

I don’t have much to critique. Little refinements that I know will happen. Pick up and drop off were satisfactory, over time will become excellent. Grok integration is already impressive, and it’s clear that we’ll eventually be able to just give directions like “pull over around the corner up there.” You can already have Grok update your destination in Robotaxi, it pushes the update to the Robotaxi app on your phone for approval.

I leave the event with more confidence in Tesla’s ability to scale, but also renewed patience. I have a greater appreciation for the intentionality of limitations (service area, times, fleet size) rather than seeing them simply as barriers that have yet to be overcome. I now believe the objective is to build slowly, safely, to critical mass. A tail-risk event is inevitable. The absolute last thing we need is some bad luck on a tail-risk event at an early stage before enough data exists to prove its rarity. That data is accumulating quickly and will become undeniable soon enough.

Huge congrats to Tesla and Elon for this incredible milestone. Decades of work culminating in a life-saving, sustainable, affordable, economically exceptional product. It’s all pretty surreal, a testament to vision and determination. I love this company!

[Alex @alex_avoigt]

Cybercab growth continues +30%

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Look at Zelensky. Look at his reaction to what Kushner is saying. Utter disgust. He’s doing his best not to show it, but @ZelenskyyUa is rightly and utterly disgusted with the Americans talking about Putin’s “aspirations.” Fuck Putin and his aspirations. He invaded a sovereign nation. He needs to get the fuck out of that sovereign nation. All of it. But alas, America has a president who’s on Putin’s side.

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

aged like milk

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Ukrainian journalist asked Witkoff a very direct question: “You have met with Putin many times. Doesn’t it disgust you to sit at the same table with a war criminal, the butcher of the Ukrainian people, who is responsible for this war?”

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Kushner and Witkoff press conference in Kyiv was a complete disaster. They have zero understanding of what they are doing.

​They dedicated a large portion of it to convincing Ukrainians, in an extremely patronizing tone, that peace is good for us. Like, yeah???

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Canadian PM Mark Carney:

I’ve met Putin in the past, multiple times. He only understands strength and directness.

And the message would be simple: get out of Ukraine, give back all of Ukraine to Ukraine, end this war, which is killing more than 30,000 of your people every single month.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

There's no "win-win" with cancer. Putin's "aspirations" are the destruction of Ukraine and perpetual war on Europe. We know that because that is what he's doing.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

After a day sitting opposite Kushner and Witkoff, it’s clear they see Russia’s invasion as a business deal

They keep amplifying what Putin wants, what Russia can gain and what Ukraine must give up.

This is what happens when Trump sends real-estate developers to negotiate a war.

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Don't forget Witkoff is a real estate developer

He has no diplomatic background

Trump chose him to negotiate with Putin BECAUSE he's a real estate developer, and so has no idea of the harm he is doing

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

These people have no idea where they are and what they are doing.

No idea, no clue.

At all, at all, at all.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Another round of "brilliant" negotiations is completed.

The only difference this time is that Witkoff and Kushner came to deliver Putin's demands personally after kissing his boot in the Kremlin.

We are on, what, 9th circle of this cycle? 1,5 years wasted and countless lives.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Witkoff says he brought “new ideas” from Moscow to Kyiv and insists “both sides” must compromise.

But only one side invaded, occupied and murdered its way across the other. Sounds like he wants to force Ukraine to just accept Putin’s demands

[Ashok Elluswamy @aelluswamy]

😂🤪

[Anders Bæk @andersbaek1]

Det kunne tyde på, at Tesla allerede er ved at klargøre til næste Cybercab udrulning i Miami.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

A father is mourning his son who was killed by russians. This is the price that Ukrainians are paying for their freedom. The pain is unbearable. We, the free world, need to help Ukriane to get everything they need to defeat the russian evil.

[Robotaxi @robotaxi]

Wheelchair user rides in Cybercab

Cybercab seats are built at standard wheelchair height, making ingress & egress easy

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The difference is not subtle

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

What a complete jerk this guy is. So out of his depth it is embarrassing.