Tesla Developments

Reed_Richards

I have started this thread so that people with an interest in what Tesla are doing, or might do next, can post all about it here without being bothered by talk about other EVs.  I won't be posting here myself but I can see that there is a community of interest who love to discuss this stuff at length.

JKenH

Tesla surges 14% on reports of self-driving car partnership with Baidu

Chinese authorities have agreed to allow Tesla to introduce its Full Self Driving solution, leveraging mapping and navigation technology from Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), a Chinese tech giant.

Tesla shares jumped sharply in early trading on Monday while U.S.-listed Baidu stock also rose.

Through this collaboration with Baidu, Tesla not only acquired the necessary technological framework but also addressed key regulatory concerns about data security, easing the path for FSD’s deployment.

"Musk winning FSD approval in the key China market is a watershed moment for the Tesla story in our view," Wedbush analysts said in a note.

"While the long term valuation story at Tesla hinges on FSD and autonomous, a key missing piece in that puzzle is Tesla making FSD available in China which is now a done deal," they added.

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/tesla-baidu-jump-as-ev-maker-reportedly-wins-tentative-nod-to-launch-fsd-in-china-432SI-3402425

Hoenir

Litigation to follow ? 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on April 25 revealed that electric vehicle maker Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) systems have been linked to hundreds of crashes and dozens of fatalities.

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2022/INCR-EA22002-14496.pdf

Great concept unfortunately too many drivers lack common sense. 

JKenH

A couple of stories from Inside EVs which suggest Tesla’s commitment to the Supercharger network may be on the wane. 

Tesla Axing Its Supercharger Team Puts The Entire Industry In The Dark

https://insideevs.com/news/718025/tesla-charging-layoffs-2024/

Tesla Has Already Canceled Four Planned Supercharger Sites In New York City

https://insideevs.com/news/718045/nyc-tesla-supercharger-sites/

JKenH

I saw on Facebook that Tesla, yesterday, had opened up more of their superchargers to non Tesla EVs. No supporting article, just hearsay.

NigeWick

I am in the process of taking Tesla to Court as I paid for Full Self driving and never received even the Beta version.

michaels

Hoenir said:

Litigation to follow ? 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on April 25 revealed that electric vehicle maker Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) systems have been linked to hundreds of crashes and dozens of fatalities.

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2022/INCR-EA22002-14496.pdf

Great concept unfortunately too many drivers lack common sense. 

Seem like big numbers but there is no context in terms of accidents per mile driven compared to peers with and without adas. 
Partly it seems obvious that the better the adas the les drivers will pay full attention so counter-intuitively a better adas leads to more accidents. 
But otherwise do you ban all adas on the grounds that it reduces driver attention.  Surely the gold standard would be to see if each system increases or reduces accidents in the real world - but tricky with systems constantly evolving?

What concerns me is how patchy even the limited Tesla 'quarterly' accident rate reporting has become, surely if everything was great they would be crowing about it?!

gefnew

Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired - BBC News
this is the latest news on Elon

Netexporter

Seems to be his solution to everything. He sacked the whole marketing department last week.

I think that guy who's claiming Tesla is the next Enron may be on to something. (or perhaps he's just on something!)

michaels

Netexporter said:

Seems to be his solution to everything. He sacked the whole marketing department last week.

I think that guy who's claiming Tesla is the next Enron may be on to something. (or perhaps he's just on something!)

He does seem to be doing a Twitter on the company.  I don't think it is an Enron unless their are accounting irregularities it just seems like he no longer sees EVs as part of the core business - bit unusual as it is currently 90%(?) of revenues?

Hoenir

michaels said:

Hoenir said:

Litigation to follow ? 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on April 25 revealed that electric vehicle maker Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) systems have been linked to hundreds of crashes and dozens of fatalities.

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2022/INCR-EA22002-14496.pdf

Great concept unfortunately too many drivers lack common sense. 

Seem like big numbers but there is no context in terms of accidents per mile driven compared to peers with and without adas. 
Partly it seems obvious that the better the adas the les drivers will pay full attention so counter-intuitively a better adas leads to more accidents. 
But otherwise do you ban all adas on the grounds that it reduces driver attention.  Surely the gold standard would be to see if each system increases or reduces accidents in the real world - but tricky with systems constantly evolving?

What concerns me is how patchy even the limited Tesla 'quarterly' accident rate reporting has become, surely if everything was great they would be crowing about it?!

Monthly subscription software was no doubt intended to be a major money spinner. Any such report will dent public perception.  Margins on vehicle sales are falling as the competition increases and falling sales volumes suggest that those that can afford/want a Tesla increasingly already own one.