Pouring Resources Into AI — Does It End Well? Will Diminishing Returns On FSD Sink Tesla?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 03:57:23 +0000

I wrote an article the other day titled “Tesla Proved Many People Wrong For Years — Is This Time The Same, Or Different?” The core points of the article were these: Many people said Tesla couldn’t do what it ended up doing at many stages of the company’s development. I … [continued]

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Robo Truth

Credit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:16:27 +0000

Tell the truth. This is not the only autonomous failure. Electrek‘s Lambert has cut ties with Tesla permanently in part because the latest version of FSD is a joke. (And other reasons.) In recent tests, ArsTechnica wrote, “Tesla’s controversial ‘Full Self Driving’ is now capable of some quite advanced driving. … [continued]

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Tesla Investor’s Critical Summary of Tesla Robotaxi Event

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:05:14 +0000

Tesla had its big robotaxi event last night. Pre-market, the stock is down nearly 7%. I think it’s fair to say that Tesla unveiled some very cool looking robotaxi concept vehicles, but also did very little to show how or when it’s getting from where it is today to these … [continued]

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Waymo Launches Clever, Cute, Creative Marketing Campaign with Fortune Cookies

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:50:07 +0000

Waymo has been expanding quite a bit in the past year, and now it’s looking to drum up a lot more business with a clever, cute, creative new marketing campaign. In San Francisco, Waymo has slipped little ads into fortune cookies at dozens of Chinese restaurants. Only in San Francisco … [continued]

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Cruise And Its Parent Company, General Motors, Must Pay $1.5 Million Penalty

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:55:59 +0000

General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra admitted earlier this year that the company faltered in 3 important areas in 2023: manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs), addressing software issues, and making sense of its self-driving division called Cruise. The last area of concern has reared its ugly head again, as the autonomous … [continued]

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A New Era in Transportation — Part 2

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:57:43 +0000

In Part 1 of this series, we addressed the anticipated impact of robotaxis on the regular taxi market. In case you missed it, here is the link. In Part 2, we will now explore the impact of Transportation as a Service (TAAS) on the general automotive market and the transportation … [continued]

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Waymo May Use Hyundai IONIQ 5 Next

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 03:50:22 +0000

We’ve been waiting for Waymo’s Zeekr next-gen robotaxis for a while now. And it’s a beautiful combo. I use images of Zeekr Waymo robotaxis every chance I get. Here’s another pair: The problem is that Zeekr is a Chinese EV company, and Chinese EV companies are facing extreme blockage in … [continued]

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A New Era in Transportation — Part 1

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 03:06:52 +0000

I believe we are at the dawn of a new era in transportation due to recent advances in self-driving vehicles from several manufacturers, including Waymo and Tesla. The implications of this technology on the transportation sector, and on our lives, has been predicted to be transformational — so it is … [continued]

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New Tesla Wireless Charging Patent — May Feature At 10/10 Tesla Robotaxi Event

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 05:00:24 +0000

Tesla filed a wireless EV charging patent earlier this year that was just published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on September 6. This was spotted by SETI Park on X (formerly known as Twitter), and while the general concept is really nothing new, it implies that part of what … [continued]

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Once You Go Waymo, Do You Go Back?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:48:02 +0000

A Bloomberg article caught my attention this week. I thought it was covering some news about Waymo, but it was actually just clinging to a single word and building part of a story out of that, a story whose headline stood out to me. The headline was “Waymo Sets Its … [continued]

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