Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 17:48:17 +0000
I saw many takes on Tesla AI Day 2022 that fell into a couple of main buckets. Those were mostly about the robot, Optimus, and we’ve published articles covering that at length. However, I stumbled across some critiques of the FSD Beta portion of the presentation that I found surprising and interesting. These mostly came […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 06:53:59 +0000
We spilled a lot of virtual ink on Tesla AI Day 2022 recently, but there are several other self-driving stories from recent weeks that have been on the list waiting for their time to shine. Let’s catch up on a few of these other pieces. 1. Mobileye, the self-driving tech division of Intel that was […]
Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 18:12:05 +0000
We’ve now taken a long road trip with Tesla FSD Beta 10.69. Here’s our report on how it performed. Background — What Is Tesla FSD Beta? There are three different levels of driver automation that Tesla drivers have/can get. Every Tesla car has advanced Autosteer and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC). Autosteer will keep you perfectly […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 18:00:32 +0000
When it comes to irresponsible use of systems like Autopilot, FSD Beta, Super Cruise, or Blue Cruise, there tends to be a lot of controversy. This is particularly true when a Tesla is involved, because people who are emotionally and/or financially invested in Tesla tend to defend the company to irrational lengths. But, there’s no […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:00:27 +0000
Aviation and aerospace used to be sexy all the time. People dressed up to fly on airplanes. It used to be an event. Being an airline pilot used to be a combination of swashbuckler and nomad, with a lover in every (air)port. Now, not so much.
Credit to Author: Matt Pressman| Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:15:59 +0000
By Roger Pressman, Founder of EVANNEX Much has and will be written about Tesla’s AI Day—2022. Nearly all of it will emphasize Tesla’s significant lead in automotive autonomous driving capability, FSD, it’s accelerating efforts in robotics with particular emphasis on its bipedal autonomous robot, Optimus, and to a lesser extent, on its development of a […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 06:24:20 +0000
I’m not a robotics expert, so I’ve been particularly keen to hear what robotics experts think of Tesla’s Optimus presentation the other day. The core arguments from Elon Musk and many Tesla fans regarding why Optimus is such a big deal are: Tesla will find a way to mass produce it at relatively low cost, […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 01:12:38 +0000
Tesla’s AI Day livestream event is supposed to start in about 5 minutes. We’ve published some articles leading up to today’s event about what might be included, but there have been essentially no leaks about what will actually be covered. We’ll see! You can watch the livestream on Tesla’s website or via the embedded YouTube […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 04:10:45 +0000
The big surprise at the initial Tesla AI Day in 2021 was Tesla’s plan for an actual human-like, or “humanoid,” robot. (Though, our own Chanan Bos did predict that type of product.) Some basic details were presented, and a human in a robot costume danced around a bit. While Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) has […]
Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:39:53 +0000
After 79 days without it, we recently regained access to Tesla FSD Beta (V10.69), along with Tesla’s latest software version, 2022. 20.15. A week later we got the download for version 2022.20.17. For more background, see: “Tesla Full Self Driving Beta: Lost & Found! We Lost It After 206 Days, Got It Back Again After […]