Ark Invest has observed that Baidu robotaxi is several times bigger than Waymo. They also report that the robotaxi and Tesla FSD systems are already safer than human driving. These are observations that Nextbigfuture has already reported over the past few weeks in more detail. China Robotaxi Companies are Giving More Rides than Waymo The …
Tesla SVP Tom Zhu briefed Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tesla FSD, the latest tech developments, and Tesla China at the World AI Conference. This is positive for Tesla FSD getting rolled out broadly in China and getting licensing with China robotaxi companies and China carmakers. Tesla SVP Tom Zhu briefed Chinese Premier Li Qiang …
Elon has said that : All that matters is improving Tesla self-driving AI such that miles between interventions is >> human All that matters is improving Tesla self-driving AI such that miles between interventions is >> human — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 7, 2024 Elon and Nextbigfuture agree that all that matters is more self …
Michael Dunne, Dunne Insights, delivers world class intelligence and advisory services to investors, automakers, suppliers and technology companies on the global electric car and battery businesses. Michael Dunne gives insights on China, electric cars, autonomous driving and the world. He says that China’s EV supply chain gives China companies about a 30% cost advantage versus …
Various first impressions of Tesla FSD v12.4.3 are positive. Tesla FSD 12.4.3 drives like a professional chauffeur. It executes many maneuvers more smoothly than a human could, and can often react to road hazards before the human driver even notices them — Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) July 6, 2024 esla FSD 12.4.3 drives like a …
Elon Musk indicates that the new Tesla FSD model has 5 times the number of parameters. This was done while still being able to run the hardware 3 version of the FSD chip. Hardware 3 has been in the fleet of Tesla cars since March 2019. The simple takeaway is that the AI model being …
Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) v12.4.2 is started to roll out to some normal Tesla owners (non-employees) in North America. Tesla FSD having possible rapid improvement is critical for increased attachment rate (the percentages of old and new Tesla owners that adopt FSD worldwide.) Tesla FSD rapid improvement is critical for licensing deals with robotaxi companies and …
Last weekend Tesla FSD 12.4.1 was expected to go to wide release but it did not. This weekend if there is no safety regression there should be a push of FSD 12.4.2. It is reported that 12.4.2 is much smoother. The challenge is keeping safety high, while increasing ride comfort. The 12.4.2 build moved into …
Tesla FSD is changing radically with version 12.3 having three times the miles between interventions vs version 11. FSD 12.4.X could have 5-10 times the miles between interventions. New teen human drivers are three times more likely to have accidents than average human drivers. Removing the human driver completely to achieve robotaxi will involve government …
Whole Mars had his third zero intervention drive in a row with Tesla FSD 12.4.1. The destination is given with verbal instruction. FSD 12.4.2 should get fairly widely distributed this weekend. Tesla FSD drivers will not need to touch the steering wheel and could have about 1-3 weeks of zero intervention drives in a cleaned …
According to Zhu Xichan’s, a professor at the School of Automotive Engineering of Tongji University, observation, the current capabilities of domestic [chinese] assisted intelligent driving systems are basically equivalent to FSD V11. However, the outside world has also questioned before that China’s road conditions are more complicated than those in the United States. Will Tesla …