Elon Musk today on a potential merger between SpaceX and Tesla:
"Both Tesla and SpaceX have formed special committees at the request of shareholders. Because I'm a conflicted party I can't be in on these discussions. I don't think we should assume that a merger is a certainty. Do I think it would be a good idea? Yes. But at the end of the day, shareholders have to be supportive of this. The special committees have not reached an agreement on any transaction, and it doesn't mean they will, but there is a lot of be gained from cooperating on SI, chip design, robots, mass or orbit, connectivity. I think it would be a good idea."
Robotaxi service updates from the last few weeks:
– Operating hours are now 6am-11pm
– Reduced wait times thanks to increased supply & orchestration algorithms
– Trunk now opens automatically at end of ride if utilized
– Grok @bot now available in Cybercab
Eight cameras. 36 frames a second. ~2 billion pieces of information in.
Two numbers out: steer, accelerate.
How do you teach a machine to do that?
I made a 20-min explainer on how Tesla built FSD: 14 ingredients, one flywheel.👇
After selling his Bentley to buy a Model Y:
“[FSD Supervised] is life-changing.
I was on the phone with my brother last night, and I made him buy one. He literally bought one while we were talking.
I’m buying 10 of my employees a Tesla with FSD. It’s 8x safer than the average driver.
There’s nothing more important than the safety of you and your loved ones.”
What’s better than insurance is not getting yourself in an accident in the first place.
Tesla self-driving not only maintains safe distance to obstacles proactively, but also reacts to other people cutting into your path with super-human response times.