@SawyerMerritt Gavin is giving preferential treatment to Rivian and Lucid, which build a combined 0 vehicles in CA over Tesla, which builds ~600,000 EVs in the state annually.
https://t.co/l0sT7X8Y5K
Today Tesla at Naperville Chicago received in the showroom the Cosmic Silver Model YL
I stopped in after work to check it out.
Notables:
Cosmic Silver with Zen Grey interior
Black headliner
16 inch screen
Launch emblems throughout.
Center armrest also Zen Grey
Cooled wireless charging.
3rd row floor is slightly elevated but not bad
Plenty of space for each row. (I’m 6 foot and fit in 3rd row easily)
I love the 20 inch wheels. Look very premium
Overall it feels very premium and well made.
Does not have front fender and rear camera washers like the Robotaxi 😢 but front bumper cam does have washer.
The Model Y L has started arriving at select Tesla showrooms across the U.S.
No demo drives for now, but you can sit in and play around with these units.
So @CAgovernor has just enacted a rebate for EV’s <$50k.
@LucidMotors & @Rivian get an exception with no max.
Annual vehicles built in CA:
Lucid: 0.
Rivian: 0.
Tesla: 600,000.
Why is @GavinNewsomso against manufacturing in California and why did he drive out @elonmusk and @Tesla?
French President Macron announced that Ukraine has received a license to manufacture Aster-30 anti-aircraft missiles for SAMP/T, AASM Hammer guided aerial munitions, and SCALP cruise missiles.
“We’re isolating Crimea and closing the routes in, not the route out.
The bridge is still standing for one reason: so the occupiers can fuck off.
Tankers are burning. No fuel. No power. No future for russia’s war machine there.”
Commander UAV Forces is just getting started 🚨
FSD v14 Lite is amazing. It performs so well and it’s continually impressing me - it’s really great how reliable it is on city streets and highways. I hope @Tesla_AI can ship it wide soon.
According to reports, Tesla’s next-generation AI chip, the AI5, has completed its final design and is about to enter the preparation phase for mass production. The chip is being manufactured using a 2-nanometer process at Samsung Electronics’ Taylor, Texas, facility.
SpaceX has officially announced that they are targeting Thursday, July 16th at 6:30 PM ET for their 13th Starship test flight, and the second V3 test flight.
The upcoming flight will aim to complete similar objectives targeted on the previous flight test, which debuted the Starship and Super Heavy V3 vehicles, while also carrying next-generation Starlink V3 satellites for the first time.
The booster’s primary test objective will be executing a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn, and landing burn at an offshore landing point in the Gulf of America. There have been several modifications to hardware and software to address issues seen on the previous flight.
@sama We start flying them next year. Maybe you can come see them if your parole officer approves.
After stealing an open source AI charity, you then stole all of Apple’s phone technology! Wow.
What do you plan for an encore? That’s tough to beat.
SpaceX just announced that they will be deploying V3 Starlink satellites for the first time during their 13th Starship test flight next week! Six of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery.
Summary of every major upgrade and modification @SpaceX says it's made for the upcoming test flight:
• More robust stage separation flip sequence to prevent the booster from rotating off course.
• Hardware upgrades to improve Super Heavy Raptor re-light reliability during the boostback burn.
• Updated engine alarms and abort logic for multi-engine flight conditions.
• Starship propulsion system hardware and operational changes to address the Flight 12 engine-out issue.
• First deployment of 20 Starlink V3 satellites with laser links, deployable solar arrays, and antennas.
• Six Starlink V3 satellites equipped with cameras to inspect Starship's heat shield after reentry.
• White-painted heat shield tiles added as simulated missing tiles and imaging targets.
• New heat shield tile designs and attachment mechanisms, including tests on the aft flaps and aft skirt.
• Load-sensing heat shield tiles to measure stresses during flight.
• Higher dynamic pressure ascent profile to stress-test the heat shield and increase payload capability.
• Planned in-space Raptor engine relight test.
SpaceX: "For the first time, Starship will carry V3 Starlink satellites to space, which aim to greatly expand the network's capacity and user speeds. As part of this initial test, Starship is planned to deploy 20 satellites which will extend solar arrays and antennas and will attempt to connect with ground stations in South Africa and the larger Starlink constellation via high-capacity lasers. Six of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test."
This week Kyiv was hit by missiles & Irish politicians are STILL defending the refinery supplying Russia’s war machine.
Today, another ship sailed from Ireland to Russia.
For years, the government tried to cover this up. Now the truth is coming out
Watch my full investigation:
When a 93-year-old woman noticed how tired she was on her daily drives, she started going out less.
But with FSD Supervised, she’s now able to drive herself to appointments, run errands and even take road trips to visit her family on her own