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During the fourth quarter earnings call, Tesla executives highlighted that the company has not given up on Hardware 3 yet. The executives noted that the FSD Supervised v12.6 release is like a “baby v13,” and thus it is a notable improvement over its predecessors. Based on comments from Hardware 3 FSD users, it appears that Tesla executives were not joking at all. FSD Supervised v12.6.3: Following the release of FSD Supervised v12.6.3, numerous Tesla owners with Hardware 3 vehicles took to social media to share their experiences about the update.The reviews from Tesla owners were very positive, with some describing…
Tesla has introduced a new incentive for its inventory Cybertruck Foundation Series units. As per the electric vehicle maker, inventory Cybertruck Foundation Series orders that were placed on or after December 27, 2024 would receive free lifetime Supercharging. Tesla also noted that the inventory Cybertruck Foundation Series’ free lifetime Supercharging will not be transferrable. The offer: Tesla explained the terms of its free lifetime Supercharging offer for inventory Cybertruck Foundation Series as follows:Customers who purchase a new Cybertruck Foundation Series are eligible for free Supercharging during your ownership of the vehicle. Order must be placed on or after December 27,…
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched a fourth set of satellites for French company Kinéis Feb. 8 as it extends its lead in the small launch sector.A Rocket Lab Electron lifted off from the company’s Launch Complex 1, Pad A, at 3:43 p.m. Eastern. The vehicle’s kick stage deployed its payload of five satellites a little more than an hour after liftoff in orbits with planned altitudes of 646 kilometers and inclinations of 97 degrees.The launch was the four of five Rocket Lab is performing for Kinéis, a French company developing a constellation for Internet of Things services, after launches in…
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Elon Musk and Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis welcomed a new baby earlier this year. While the public is only now learning about their child through media reports, the Tesla CEO clarified to Page Six that it was never a secret.Mr Musk addressed the situation, saying, “All our friends and family know. Failure to issue a press release, which would be bizarre, does not mean ‘secret’.”The baby, whose name and sex have not been disclosed, is Mr Musk’s 12th child and his third with Shivon Zilis, who works at his brain implant company, Neuralink.The birth was first revealed in a Bloomberg…
The Boring Company’s tunneling machine has officially reached the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, as the enterprise continues developing its network of underground tunnels throughout the city. The Elon Musk-led company posted about the news on X on Friday, including a photo and video of its Prufrock tunnel boring machine (TBM) as it emerged at the Virgin Hotels resort. The site is the latest in The Boring Company’s continued development of the Las Vegas Loop, a broader network of underground ride-hailing tunnels following its initial loop, the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) loop. Prufrock subtly emerging beneath @VirginHotelsLV Thanks for…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. Trump’s advocacy of US stablecoins may prove to be the accelerant for a stalled EU plan – the digital Euro. Supporters are rubbing their hands in glee that their beloved pet project, a CBDC for the Euro, may finally become a reality. It’s been languishing in legislative limbo since 2023, as lawmakers were skeptical of the project. The chances of the digital Euro being ready by the end of this year are slim at best. Even so, with major pro-crypto moves on both sides of the Atlantic, it’s a good time to get…
Hyundai announced today that it has developed an Automatic Charging Robot (ACR) that is similar to a design Tesla showed off a few years ago. The EV charging robot communicates with the car and will charge the vehicle without the driver having to get out. The ACR uses a one-arm system that will automatically plug an EV charging cable into an electric vehicle. In the demonstration video, an IONIQ 6 parks in a charging bay, and the AC communicates with the car to open the charging door and calculates the exact location of the port. This is done through a…
January’s Night Sky Notes: The Red Planet by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2025 Have you looked up at the night sky this season and noticed a bright object sporting a reddish hue to the left of Orion? This is none other than the planet Mars! January will be an excellent opportunity to spot this planet and some of its details with a medium-sized telescope. Be sure to catch these three events this month.Martian Retrograde Mars entered retrograde (or backward movement relative to its usual direction) on December…
Roughly a month after it was revealed that The Boring Company was beginning to sell hats, serial tech entrepreneur Elon Musk confirmed that his tunnel digging venture has sold $300,000 worth of the merchandise. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO thanked all buyers of the company’s “super boring hat” over Twitter saying, “You rock, figuratively & literally. All cash goes directly towards more boring.” He is of course thankful for the outcome of his tongue-in-cheek “Initial Hat Offering”, or IHO, because, after all, the company has been in the midst of building an underground tunnel beneath Los Angeles. “Gonna build that…