Ford will use Tesla’s network of 12000 superchargers starting in 2024 and Ford is now committed to using Tesla’s charging interface. Tesla and Ford might partner on more aspects in the future. A Tesla-developed adapter will provide drivers of Ford EVs fitted with a Combined Charging System (CCS) port access to Tesla’s V3 Superchargers, according …
Felipe Munoz, an Automotive Industry Specialist at JATO, recently noted that the Model Y appears to have led the world sales ranking of passenger cars in the first quarter of 2023. Tesla Model Y sold 267,200 units in the first quarter of 2023, up about 69% year-over-year. The Model Y performed particularly well in key …
There were 3.4 million cars on dealer lots in February 2023 and there were about 4 million at the end of March 2023. 75% of the cars are ICE (Internal combustion engine). Ford revealed their EV division financials for Q1 2023. Ford is taking about $110,000 to make $55,000 BEVs. Ford is losing about $50,000 …
The Stanford Alpaca AI demonstrated the use of a larger and more expensive AI model to train a smaller and cheaper model. The cheaper model was as good and in come cases better than the more expensive model. The more expensive AI model generated vast amounts of better training data to improve the smaller model. …
There is more videos showing that Tesla FSD 11.3.3 is giving more zero-intervention rides in challenging urban driving conditions. The drivers who are monitoring the rides feel the car is being driven in a way where they feel comfortable and confident with the FSD system. There is still the need to improve traffic flow awareness. …
Japan’s economy has been in relative decline compared to many other developed countries. Japan sold 4.2 million cars in 2022 which is the lowest in 45 years. The cars that were sold were the cheaper K cars like the Honda N-Box and Toyota Yaris. The N-Box and Yaris are 1.6 million yen or about $12,500. …
Peter Zeihan made a series of mostly unsupported and false claims about electric vehicles while being interviewed on the Joe Rogan show. James Stephenson goes through all of the over forty aspects of what Peter Zeihan said. Here is the video and I have below screen shots of the thorough take down of each unsupported …
Mobileye presented their self-driving and driver-assist technology at the 2023 CES. Mobileye wants to change the terminology from level one to level to a user-based terminology. Mobileye Supervision and incremental improvement is like the incremental and profitable Tesla approach with Autopilot and FSD. Tesla’s FSD beta is already “eyes-on, hands-off” with 285,000 users for the …
There have been about 250 million cars in the US in most years from 2010 to 2022. The level has slowly increased to 280 million. The insurance site Auto Insurance EZ compiled sales and accident data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the National Transportation Safety Board. The site found that hybrid vehicles had …
Sandy Munro is selling Sandy Wants You Stickers for $15 each to offset the $210k purchase price of a Tesla Semi and the $1-2 million in work to perform a teardown and analysis of the Tesla Semi. Munro and Associates is a 34 year old company formed in 1988. Kona Equity estimates that Munro has …
Decarbonizing energy and other industries globally using hydrogen will require investment of almost $15 trillion between now and 2050 according to European Transitions Commission. More than $2 trillion of investment would be required in equipment and infrastructure to sustain the accelerating global momentum towards establishing hydrogen as a competitive element of a net-zero carbon emissions …