Sawyer Merritt
@SawyerMerritt
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This weekend, I spent about an hour total riding in the back seat of my Model Y while using the updated Actually Smart Summon, across four different parking lots, some of them very busy. The car handled everything very well. Its behavior felt so natural that hardly anyone even [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
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Mass production of @Tesla's Cybercab officially starts this month! 🤖 [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
Tesla engineers on the next-gen Optimus V3 hand: "As we go into gen-3 and into mass production, we are getting very close to human functionality and form factor. It won't even look like a robot. It will look like a human in a superhero suit. It will be something revolutionary." [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
It’s incredible what @elonmusk has built over the last ~25 years. New video just dropped: [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
SpaceX has released a new video of the electromagnetic mass driver it plans to build on the Moon, which will shoot massive AI satellites into orbit. The satellites will use Tesla chips. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
NEWS: Today, British Airways completed its flight equipped with @Starlink. BA: "We’ve reached a new milestone in connectivity in the skies. As we continue to roll it out across our fleet, customers on Starlink aircraft can stream, work, or stay in touch while in the sky." [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
Going forward, Tesla's Giga New York factory will now only produce these new V4 cabinets. V4 Supercharger highlights: • Cheapest Supercharger to deploy to date at under $40,000 per stall. • Up to 500kW peak charging speeds for cars, 1.2MW (1,200kW) for Tesla Semi. Supports [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
Elon Musk in new interview on how humanoid robots and AI will help people with physical pain: "If you have humanoid robots that have very high dexterity, and are smart, everyone on earth will have access to better medical care. I had to have a neck surgery three times because [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
Model Y on FSD (Supervised) v14.2.2.5 identifies a possible collision ahead of the car in front of it and reacts accordingly. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
NEWS: Boston Dynamics has just released a new video of its upgraded next-generation humanoid robot called Atlas. • 4 hour battery. Self-swappable for continuous operation • 6 feet 2 inches tall • Weight: 198 lbs • 56 total degrees of freedom • Now fully electric, ditching [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
NEWS: The City of Starbase, Texas is teaming up with @SpaceX to help protect more than 1,000 acres of South Texas coastal plains through the Rockhands Mitigation Bank. "A conservation committee will care for this land and ensure its wildlife and habitats are preserved for [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
Is it me, or does this Cybercab that was spotted in Palo Alto today not have a steering wheel? Hard to tell. Two things are for sure: there are no exterior mirrors, and Tesla put larger gold wheel covers on this Cybercab. You can also see the person in the car briefly shuffling [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
X has added a new like animation that shows a SpaceX Starship featuring the xAI and X logos whenever you like a post that contains the letter "X" [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
NEWS: Tesla has announced that it is scaling up its Giga New York factory to an initial solar module capacity of 300MW per year. Tesla has historically relied on third-party solar panels, but now the company is assembling them in-house in the United States. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
My Mom just picked up her brand new 2026 Model Y Premium AWD today! • Ultra Red • New all-black headliner & exterior badging • Larger 16" display • Updated front camera housing • Free FSD transfer (from her 2022 Model Y) The new black headliner looks even better in person. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
It would be cool to see Tesla create a “Final Edition” of sorts for the Model S and Model X, with special badging, trim pieces, or similar touches. Just something to commemorate the send-off of these two special vehicles. Maybe even bring back Signature Red paint for the last [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
Snowy Tesla FSD V14.2.2.4 drive today (with commentary). We got 18" of fresh snow yesterday through last night, with it still coming down. I continue to be really impressed with how V14 handles tough conditions. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
Tesla’s Unsupervised Model Y Robotaxis have a strong spray nozzle for the side repeater cameras. The Cybercab also has a rear camera washer. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
Tesla Cybercab spotted highway testing for the first time in Austin, Texas. (video in slow motion) [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
NEWS: Elon Musk spotted having dinner with Trump tonight at Mar-a-Lago. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
