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Just experienced Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in action at The Boring Company’s Vegas Loop during #CES2026—mind-blowing! 🚀 Rode a Model Y that autonomously navigated the sleek underground tunnels and seamlessly transitioned to surface streets, handling traffic like a pro with zero hands on the wheel. Pure tech magic, especially...

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THE VEGAS LOOP: ELON TURNED A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE INTO A TUNNEL DREAM Elon’s Vegas Loop isn’t a science fiction tunnel anymore. It is a real underground transit system, moving 32,000+ people a day. No traffic. Just Teslas flying under Vegas. * Neon tunnels, smooth rides, and zero red lights. It feels like Mario Kart in real life * 65 miles of high-speed underground highway connecting the Strip, stadiums, hotels, and the airport * Runs 24/7 with human-driven Teslas for now. Designed to go driverless soon * Built by The Boring Company using smaller tunnels that cost less than subways * Resorts World guests love it. It is fast, cool, and completely underground It is not just underrated. It could be the future of city travel if it keeps growing. Source: The Boring Company
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THE VEGAS LOOP: ELON TURNED A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE INTO A TUNNEL DREAM Elon’s Vegas Loop isn’t a science fiction tunnel anymore. It is a real underground transit system, moving 32,000+ people a day. No traffic. Just Teslas flying under Vegas. * Neon tunnels, smooth rides, and zero red lights. It feels like Mario Kart in real life * 65 miles of high-speed underground highway connecting the Strip, stadiums, hotels, and the airport * Runs 24/7 with human-driven Teslas for now. Designed to go driverless soon * Built by The Boring Company using smaller tunnels that cost less than subways * Resorts World guests love it. It is fast, cool, and completely underground It is not just underrated. It could be the future of city travel if it keeps growing. Source: The Boring Company

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Behind The Scenes In The Vegas Loop: Inside Elon Musk's The Boring Company Bold Bet On Urban Mobility Hey everyone. Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (Tesla Owners Silicon Valley) here. I recently had the chance to go behind the scenes with Steve Davis, President of The Boring Company, for a deep dive into the Vegas Loop in Las Vegas. This wasn’t a quick photo op. It was a full 47-minute immersion: riding through the LED-lit tunnels in a Tesla, visiting active construction sites with Prufrock boring machines, and hearing directly from Steve about what’s working today, and what’s coming next. I’m posting the full long-form video alongside this recap so you can experience it firsthand. But here’s the readable, “what actually matters” story from the tour. From “Traffic Is Soul-Crushing” To A Working Underground Network The Boring Company was founded in 2016, born of a familiar frustration: gridlocked cities that can’t build fast enough, cheap enough, or with minimal disruption. The premise is simple but ambitious: reinvent tunneling to make it practical infrastructure, not a decade-long mega-project. Las Vegas is where that idea is being tested at real scale. Instead of waiting for buses, shuttles, or rail schedules, the Vegas Loop aims to provide point-to-point trips in Teslas, fast, quiet, and emissions-free, connecting major destinations without the chaos of the Strip above. And after seeing it up close, what stands out most is how operational it already is. This isn’t a render. It’s a functioning system handling real demand, in real conditions, with real riders. What It Feels Like: Fast, Weirdly Fun, And Surprisingly Smooth The “Loop experience” is part transit, part sci-fi. The tunnels are lined with shifting LEDs—purples, greens, yellows—that make the ride feel more like entering a venue than commuting. Trips are short and direct. One example Steve shared: LVCC to Encore in about 85 seconds. But the biggest “wait, that just happened” moment on the tour was Full Self-Driving. FSD Underground (And Onto Surface Streets) We rode in a Model Y running Full Self-Driving (Supervised), which navigated the tunnels smoothly and then transitioned back to surface streets without intervention. Steve’s point wasn’t that autonomy is a cool demo; it’s that autonomy is a force multiplier for throughput, consistency, and future scale. Steve Davis: “Full Self-Driving Supervised is live commercially between LVCC and Encore, watch this: zero interventions as it navigates the tunnels and pops out onto surface streets seamlessly.” Right now, they still operate with safety drivers, but the trajectory is clear: as autonomy matures, the system can move more people with tighter headways and less variability than human-driven operations. The Numbers: “Spiky Demand” Is Where This System Wants To Win Vegas isn’t a steady-demand commuter city. It’s a burst-demand city: conventions, games, concerts, and tourist surges. Steve emphasized that this is exactly where the Loop model shines, because you can scale vehicles dynamically without rebuilding an entire transit line. During CES 2026, the Loop moved 90,000+ passengers, peaking at 6,600+ riders per hour, including 22,000+ trips to/from Resorts World, Encore, and Westgate. That’s on top of 3.5M+ total passengers since 2021. Steve Davis: “We’ve hit over 3 million passengers since 2021, and during CES 2026 alone, we shuttled more than 90,000 people, peaking at 6,600 passengers per hour without a hitch.” And beyond the numbers, there’s a secondary effect people don’t always talk about: for many riders, this is their first time in a Tesla, and it’s an unusually positive first impression. The Airport Connection: A Phased Plan With A Very Clear Endgame Connecting the system to Harry Reid International Airport is the crown jewel, and they’re doing it in phases to deliver value quickly while they work through the harder parts. Phase 1 (Live Now) Limited airport rides are already operating via a mix of tunnels and surface streets from existing stations, including Resorts World, Encore, Westgate, and LVCC. They’re doing roughly 50 test rides per day, and Steve noted 100 of ~130 vehicles are already “airport-ready” with transponders. Phase 2 (Next Couple Months) This is where things get meaningfully faster: a 2.2-mile dual tunnel from Westgate to 4744 Paradise Road, eliminating about two miles of surface traffic and stoplights. New stations are planned at Virgin Hotels, The Boring Company’s apartment complex, the former Gordon Biersch site, and Firefly. Fleet expands to 160 vehicles. Steve Davis: “Phase 2 kicks in soon: a 2.2-mile tunnel to Paradise Road, cutting out those surface miles and stoplights.” Phase 3 Extend to 5032 Palo Verde Road near Terminal 1, further removing surface bottlenecks around Tropicana and University Center. Fleet scales to 250–300 vehicles. Phase 4 (The “Holy Grail”) A direct underground station at the terminals, true curb-to-gate simplicity, fully underground. Steve Davis: “Phase 4 is the holy grail: a direct underground station right at the airport terminals.” The Big Build: 68 Miles, 104 Stations, Privately Funded The long-term vision is expansive: 68 miles of tunnels and 104 stations spanning the Strip, downtown, the stadium, and the airport. Core Strip construction begins this fall, with a 2027 target for that major phase, and further expansion into 2028–2029. Steve emphasized something important here: the funding model. These builds are privately funded, and the cost structure is the entire point: build rapidly and avoid “subway economics.” Steve Davis: “68 miles, 104 stations… all privately funded at about $10M per mile, versus billions for subways.” The Real Workhorses: Prufrock Boring Machines Up Close If the Loop is the user experience, Prufrock is the engine underneath it. Seeing Prufrock at an active dig site is hard to describe unless you’ve stood next to one. It’s enormous, loud, and relentlessly practical. The key advantage is that it changes the setup cost: it can launch from the surface without massive open pits, and it’s designed to move fast, with a long-term target of one mile per week. The machine isn’t just digging; it’s built around an integrated approach to lining, pumping, and maintaining the tunnel environment while staying cost-effective. Challenges They’re Solving In Real Time: Groundwater And Permitting One of the most interesting “myth-busting” moments was hearing Steve talk about tunnel conditions. Despite the desert setting, the tunnels are roughly 30 feet below grade, and in many areas, they’re fully submerged in groundwater, sand, clay, caliche, and water management, all part of the daily reality. Steve Davis: “Tunnels are 30 feet down, fully submerged in groundwater, desert myth busted.” They manage leaks through periodic sealing (foam, maintenance cycles) and now operate with stronger compliance processes for water treatment and disposal. The bigger long-term bottleneck, though, isn’t engineering; it’s approvals. Steve noted they need hundreds of permits (600+), and many can take months. Their push is toward a more streamlined, operator-style approval model, closer to how SpaceX is regulated: certify capability and safety, then execute without rearguing every step. Steve Davis: “Permitting’s the bottleneck… we’re advocating for a SpaceX-style operator license.” Fleet Scaling And The “Robovan” Strategy Right now, the fleet is about 130 Teslas, including Model Ys and Cybertrucks, tuned for tight turns and repeated high-frequency operations. The larger goal is to scale up to 1,200 vehicles as the network grows. And that’s where Robovan (high-occupancy, event-optimized vehicles) becomes strategically important. Steve’s framing was refreshingly clear: cars are more efficient for small groups. Robovans win when you can predict surges, like a Raiders game or a Sphere show, and load high-occupancy vehicles in advance. Steve Davis: “Robovans shine when everyone’s going to the same spot… that’s when you put the high occupancy vehicle in.” What’s Next: Suburbs, Regional Links, And Bigger Swing Ideas After the core network is built, they’re looking at suburban expansions (Henderson, Summerlin) via shorter demo segments first, proving utility for pedestrian and vehicle connectivity. And then Steve hinted at the kind of long-range thinking that gets people excited (and skeptical): longer-distance routes, potentially even Hyperloop concepts like Reno connections, if permitting and economics align. Steve Davis: “Suburbs like Henderson and Summerlin next… long-term? Hyperloop to Reno… private funding makes it doable if permitting catches up.” Final Take: Vegas Is Becoming A Live Testbed For A New Kind Of Transit This tour made one thing very clear: The Boring Company isn’t trying to win the “traditional public transit debate.” They’re trying to change the rules of what’s feasible, building faster, cheaper, and with an experience that people actually want to use. Watching FSD glide through the tunnels, seeing Prufrock tearing through the ground, and hearing the phased plan for the airport and Strip expansion straight from Steve… It’s hard not to feel like Vegas is a real-world preview of what mobility can look like when infrastructure is built like technology. Huge thanks to Steve Davis and The Boring Company team for the access and the time. And keep an eye out, I’m posting the full 47-minute video with this recap so you can see the ride, the sites, and the details for yourself. What do you think, would you ride the Loop instead of sitting in Strip traffic?
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Behind The Scenes In The Vegas Loop: Inside Elon Musk's The Boring Company Bold Bet On Urban Mobility Hey everyone. Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (Tesla Owners Silicon Valley) here. I recently had the chance to go behind the scenes with Steve Davis, President of The Boring Company, for a deep dive into the Vegas Loop in Las Vegas. This wasn’t a quick photo op. It was a full 47-minute immersion: riding through the LED-lit tunnels in a Tesla, visiting active construction sites with Prufrock boring machines, and hearing directly from Steve about what’s working today, and what’s coming next. I’m posting the full long-form video alongside this recap so you can experience it firsthand. But here’s the readable, “what actually matters” story from the tour. From “Traffic Is Soul-Crushing” To A Working Underground Network The Boring Company was founded in 2016, born of a familiar frustration: gridlocked cities that can’t build fast enough, cheap enough, or with minimal disruption. The premise is simple but ambitious: reinvent tunneling to make it practical infrastructure, not a decade-long mega-project. Las Vegas is where that idea is being tested at real scale. Instead of waiting for buses, shuttles, or rail schedules, the Vegas Loop aims to provide point-to-point trips in Teslas, fast, quiet, and emissions-free, connecting major destinations without the chaos of the Strip above. And after seeing it up close, what stands out most is how operational it already is. This isn’t a render. It’s a functioning system handling real demand, in real conditions, with real riders. What It Feels Like: Fast, Weirdly Fun, And Surprisingly Smooth The “Loop experience” is part transit, part sci-fi. The tunnels are lined with shifting LEDs—purples, greens, yellows—that make the ride feel more like entering a venue than commuting. Trips are short and direct. One example Steve shared: LVCC to Encore in about 85 seconds. But the biggest “wait, that just happened” moment on the tour was Full Self-Driving. FSD Underground (And Onto Surface Streets) We rode in a Model Y running Full Self-Driving (Supervised), which navigated the tunnels smoothly and then transitioned back to surface streets without intervention. Steve’s point wasn’t that autonomy is a cool demo; it’s that autonomy is a force multiplier for throughput, consistency, and future scale. Steve Davis: “Full Self-Driving Supervised is live commercially between LVCC and Encore, watch this: zero interventions as it navigates the tunnels and pops out onto surface streets seamlessly.” Right now, they still operate with safety drivers, but the trajectory is clear: as autonomy matures, the system can move more people with tighter headways and less variability than human-driven operations. The Numbers: “Spiky Demand” Is Where This System Wants To Win Vegas isn’t a steady-demand commuter city. It’s a burst-demand city: conventions, games, concerts, and tourist surges. Steve emphasized that this is exactly where the Loop model shines, because you can scale vehicles dynamically without rebuilding an entire transit line. During CES 2026, the Loop moved 90,000+ passengers, peaking at 6,600+ riders per hour, including 22,000+ trips to/from Resorts World, Encore, and Westgate. That’s on top of 3.5M+ total passengers since 2021. Steve Davis: “We’ve hit over 3 million passengers since 2021, and during CES 2026 alone, we shuttled more than 90,000 people, peaking at 6,600 passengers per hour without a hitch.” And beyond the numbers, there’s a secondary effect people don’t always talk about: for many riders, this is their first time in a Tesla, and it’s an unusually positive first impression. The Airport Connection: A Phased Plan With A Very Clear Endgame Connecting the system to Harry Reid International Airport is the crown jewel, and they’re doing it in phases to deliver value quickly while they work through the harder parts. Phase 1 (Live Now) Limited airport rides are already operating via a mix of tunnels and surface streets from existing stations, including Resorts World, Encore, Westgate, and LVCC. They’re doing roughly 50 test rides per day, and Steve noted 100 of ~130 vehicles are already “airport-ready” with transponders. Phase 2 (Next Couple Months) This is where things get meaningfully faster: a 2.2-mile dual tunnel from Westgate to 4744 Paradise Road, eliminating about two miles of surface traffic and stoplights. New stations are planned at Virgin Hotels, The Boring Company’s apartment complex, the former Gordon Biersch site, and Firefly. Fleet expands to 160 vehicles. Steve Davis: “Phase 2 kicks in soon: a 2.2-mile tunnel to Paradise Road, cutting out those surface miles and stoplights.” Phase 3 Extend to 5032 Palo Verde Road near Terminal 1, further removing surface bottlenecks around Tropicana and University Center. Fleet scales to 250–300 vehicles. Phase 4 (The “Holy Grail”) A direct underground station at the terminals, true curb-to-gate simplicity, fully underground. Steve Davis: “Phase 4 is the holy grail: a direct underground station right at the airport terminals.” The Big Build: 68 Miles, 104 Stations, Privately Funded The long-term vision is expansive: 68 miles of tunnels and 104 stations spanning the Strip, downtown, the stadium, and the airport. Core Strip construction begins this fall, with a 2027 target for that major phase, and further expansion into 2028–2029. Steve emphasized something important here: the funding model. These builds are privately funded, and the cost structure is the entire point: build rapidly and avoid “subway economics.” Steve Davis: “68 miles, 104 stations… all privately funded at about $10M per mile, versus billions for subways.” The Real Workhorses: Prufrock Boring Machines Up Close If the Loop is the user experience, Prufrock is the engine underneath it. Seeing Prufrock at an active dig site is hard to describe unless you’ve stood next to one. It’s enormous, loud, and relentlessly practical. The key advantage is that it changes the setup cost: it can launch from the surface without massive open pits, and it’s designed to move fast, with a long-term target of one mile per week. The machine isn’t just digging; it’s built around an integrated approach to lining, pumping, and maintaining the tunnel environment while staying cost-effective. Challenges They’re Solving In Real Time: Groundwater And Permitting One of the most interesting “myth-busting” moments was hearing Steve talk about tunnel conditions. Despite the desert setting, the tunnels are roughly 30 feet below grade, and in many areas, they’re fully submerged in groundwater, sand, clay, caliche, and water management, all part of the daily reality. Steve Davis: “Tunnels are 30 feet down, fully submerged in groundwater, desert myth busted.” They manage leaks through periodic sealing (foam, maintenance cycles) and now operate with stronger compliance processes for water treatment and disposal. The bigger long-term bottleneck, though, isn’t engineering; it’s approvals. Steve noted they need hundreds of permits (600+), and many can take months. Their push is toward a more streamlined, operator-style approval model, closer to how SpaceX is regulated: certify capability and safety, then execute without rearguing every step. Steve Davis: “Permitting’s the bottleneck… we’re advocating for a SpaceX-style operator license.” Fleet Scaling And The “Robovan” Strategy Right now, the fleet is about 130 Teslas, including Model Ys and Cybertrucks, tuned for tight turns and repeated high-frequency operations. The larger goal is to scale up to 1,200 vehicles as the network grows. And that’s where Robovan (high-occupancy, event-optimized vehicles) becomes strategically important. Steve’s framing was refreshingly clear: cars are more efficient for small groups. Robovans win when you can predict surges, like a Raiders game or a Sphere show, and load high-occupancy vehicles in advance. Steve Davis: “Robovans shine when everyone’s going to the same spot… that’s when you put the high occupancy vehicle in.” What’s Next: Suburbs, Regional Links, And Bigger Swing Ideas After the core network is built, they’re looking at suburban expansions (Henderson, Summerlin) via shorter demo segments first, proving utility for pedestrian and vehicle connectivity. And then Steve hinted at the kind of long-range thinking that gets people excited (and skeptical): longer-distance routes, potentially even Hyperloop concepts like Reno connections, if permitting and economics align. Steve Davis: “Suburbs like Henderson and Summerlin next… long-term? Hyperloop to Reno… private funding makes it doable if permitting catches up.” Final Take: Vegas Is Becoming A Live Testbed For A New Kind Of Transit This tour made one thing very clear: The Boring Company isn’t trying to win the “traditional public transit debate.” They’re trying to change the rules of what’s feasible, building faster, cheaper, and with an experience that people actually want to use. Watching FSD glide through the tunnels, seeing Prufrock tearing through the ground, and hearing the phased plan for the airport and Strip expansion straight from Steve… It’s hard not to feel like Vegas is a real-world preview of what mobility can look like when infrastructure is built like technology. Huge thanks to Steve Davis and The Boring Company team for the access and the time. And keep an eye out, I’m posting the full 47-minute video with this recap so you can see the ride, the sites, and the details for yourself. 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🇺🇸 This is what it’s actually like to drive through Elon’s underground city: Miles of tunnels, dedicated stations, and Teslas moving people beneath one of America’s busiest cities with zero street traffic. The Boring Company’s Vegas Loop already runs point-to-point, no intermediate stops, with lower costs and faster builds than traditional transit. 4+ million passengers, with 11 stations so far, approved for 68 miles and 104 stations connecting the airport, stadium, downtown, and more. A radical idea is finally becoming real infrastructure. Source: Dirty Tesla YT / Writer: Val
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🇺🇸 PRUFROCK 3 IS QUIETLY DESTROYING VEGAS TRAFFIC The Prufrock 3 is absolutely insane. It’s building tunnels throughout Vegas to remove the excruciating pain of traffic that turns a five-mile joyride into a two-hour hostage situation. This third-generation beast from The Boring Company launches straight from the surface, chews through earth at triple the speed of its predecessors, and barely breaks a sweat while laying down smooth, ready-to-drive tubes. No more massive launch pits, no endless setup, just point, dig, repeat. The Vegas Loop is already live with dozens of stations, Tesla pods zipping passengers under the Strip, and the network keeps sprawling toward the airport, downtown, and every resort worth its neon. Boring Company is handing the city an underground circulatory system. Source: Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, The Boring Company
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🇺🇸 PRUFROCK 3 IS QUIETLY DESTROYING VEGAS TRAFFIC The Prufrock 3 is absolutely insane. It’s building tunnels throughout Vegas to remove the excruciating pain of traffic that turns a five-mile joyride into a two-hour hostage situation. This third-generation beast from The Boring Company launches straight from the surface, chews through earth at triple the speed of its predecessors, and barely breaks a sweat while laying down smooth, ready-to-drive tubes. No more massive launch pits, no endless setup, just point, dig, repeat. The Vegas Loop is already live with dozens of stations, Tesla pods zipping passengers under the Strip, and the network keeps sprawling toward the airport, downtown, and every resort worth its neon. Boring Company is handing the city an underground circulatory system. Source: Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, The Boring Company

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NEWS: Tesla is officially testing FSD in The Boring Company's Vegas Loop tunnel system. “We’ve started to test,” Steve Hill, CEO of the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority. No passengers have been in vehicles during the testing. In the future, the Boring Company will remove safety drivers from the front seat during testing, Hill said, but there is no telling when that will take place, as it will depend on when Tesla and the Boring Company can demonstrate to the LVCVA that it is safe to do so. Hill said that the vehicles are currently being tested in self-driving mode inside the tunnels, “experiencing the environment,” as “they find spots that are difficult for them.” The rock walls of the tunnels, Hill said, combined with the bright, colorful lights in the passageways create some “interesting but odd lighting” for Tesla’s self-driving system. The tunnels should make for a “much easier environment” for autonomous vehicles than the open roads of Austin, because in the tunnels, the Boring Company has complete control over what and who enters, Hill said - Fortune (video below is not on FSD)
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NEWS: Elon Musk's The Boring Company just laid out detailed plans for the future of its tunnel system in Las Vegas, and what to expect in the near future. • Phase 1: Limited airport rides are already being tested using existing Loop stations (Resorts World, Encore, Westgate, LVCC). About 50 rides are currently being given per day. This week, Boring Co. began picking up airport passengers after 100 of its 130-car fleet of Teslas were outfitted with transponders the airport requires of transportation companies. • Phase 2: A new 2.2-mile dual-direction tunnel from Westgate toward Paradise Road is under construction. Initially, vehicles will exit the tunnel and complete the final airport leg above ground. This will remove 2 miles of above-ground travel needed now. Boring Co. President Steve Davis expects this portion to be in operation in the next couple of months. • Phase 3: The tunnel extends closer to Terminal 1. This will eliminate waiting for the stoplight at the intersection of Tropicana and University Center. The Vegas Loop’s fleet will jump to between 250-300 Tesla vehicles. • Phase 4 (which Davis calls the “holy grail”): A dedicated underground airport station directly serving the terminals. • Core Las Vegas Strip construction could start this fall • Strip build-out targeted for ~2027 • Downtown and southern expansions could follow in 2028–2029 To build the full system, The Boring Company needs 600+ more permits across Clark County. Each permit currently takes ~6 months, with a new one currently being approved every 1-2 weeks, which is why the company is working with local officials on a streamlined, operator-style permitting process similar to how SpaceX operates.
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NEWS: Elon Musk's The Boring Company just laid out detailed plans for the future of its tunnel system in Las Vegas, and what to expect in the near future. • Phase 1: Limited airport rides are already being tested using existing Loop stations (Resorts World, Encore, Westgate, LVCC). About 50 rides are currently being given per day. This week, Boring Co. began picking up airport passengers after 100 of its 130-car fleet of Teslas were outfitted with transponders the airport requires of transportation companies. • Phase 2: A new 2.2-mile dual-direction tunnel from Westgate toward Paradise Road is under construction. Initially, vehicles will exit the tunnel and complete the final airport leg above ground. This will remove 2 miles of above-ground travel needed now. Boring Co. President Steve Davis expects this portion to be in operation in the next couple of months. • Phase 3: The tunnel extends closer to Terminal 1. This will eliminate waiting for the stoplight at the intersection of Tropicana and University Center. The Vegas Loop’s fleet will jump to between 250-300 Tesla vehicles. • Phase 4 (which Davis calls the “holy grail”): A dedicated underground airport station directly serving the terminals. • Core Las Vegas Strip construction could start this fall • Strip build-out targeted for ~2027 • Downtown and southern expansions could follow in 2028–2029 To build the full system, The Boring Company needs 600+ more permits across Clark County. Each permit currently takes ~6 months, with a new one currently being approved every 1-2 weeks, which is why the company is working with local officials on a streamlined, operator-style permitting process similar to how SpaceX operates.

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TESLA OPENS ROBOTAXI APP WORLDWIDE AS DRIVERLESS ERA ACCELERATES Tesla has taken its next giant step toward a global autonomous future. The company expanded access to its Robotaxi app beyond North America, allowing users across Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Macau, New Zealand, and Mexico to download the platform for the first time. Robotaxi, Tesla’s ride-hailing service powered by its Full Self-Driving technology, is already running pilot programs in Texas, California, and Arizona, with Miami, Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Dallas next in line. The vehicles have already logged over 550,000 autonomous miles, most from the Bay Area and Austin, and now Tesla is aiming to prove it can scale the system globally. Tesla’s focus is twofold: rapid expansion and full autonomy. The company is working to remove in car safety monitors, using new in cabin data systems to support passengers remotely instead of relying on human supervisors. If successful, Tesla will unlock a new transportation model where rides summon themselves and cars earn income while their owners sleep. The age of human drivers is ending, and Tesla’s Robotaxi network is steering the world straight into it. Source: TESLARATI Tesla
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TESLA OPENS ROBOTAXI APP WORLDWIDE AS DRIVERLESS ERA ACCELERATES Tesla has taken its next giant step toward a global autonomous future. The company expanded access to its Robotaxi app beyond North America, allowing users across Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Macau, New Zealand, and Mexico to download the platform for the first time. Robotaxi, Tesla’s ride-hailing service powered by its Full Self-Driving technology, is already running pilot programs in Texas, California, and Arizona, with Miami, Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Dallas next in line. The vehicles have already logged over 550,000 autonomous miles, most from the Bay Area and Austin, and now Tesla is aiming to prove it can scale the system globally. Tesla’s focus is twofold: rapid expansion and full autonomy. The company is working to remove in car safety monitors, using new in cabin data systems to support passengers remotely instead of relying on human supervisors. If successful, Tesla will unlock a new transportation model where rides summon themselves and cars earn income while their owners sleep. The age of human drivers is ending, and Tesla’s Robotaxi network is steering the world straight into it. Source: TESLARATI Tesla

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Sub-1 hour? Chasing the human half-marathon record? That’s suddenly the conversation around Beijing’s humanoid robot race this Sunday. 🏃‍♂️🤖 A year ago, this event was mostly about finishing. Now the bar is speed, stability, and full-course autonomy. More than 100 teams and 300+ humanoid robots are expected on the line, and nearly 40% of them are entering the autonomous navigation group instead of relying on remote control. The course is not getting easier either. Same 21.0975 km, but with more urban slopes, rolling sections, and park terrain built to expose weak points in control, perception, and endurance. That is what makes this race worth watching. If some of these machines really get close to one hour, the story is no longer “robots can run.” It becomes “humanoids are starting to hold speed, balance, and navigation together over real distance.” And that matters far beyond a race course. This is one of the clearest public tests yet for where humanoid robotics actually stands in hardware, motion control, power systems, and autonomous mobility. Sunday’s headline will be the time. The bigger takeaway will be how much of that pace is still there at kilometer 15, 18, and 21. I want to see who is actually fast, who is truly autonomous, and who can finish without falling apart. That is where the real signal will be.
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Sub-1 hour? Chasing the human half-marathon record? That’s suddenly the conversation around Beijing’s humanoid robot race this Sunday. 🏃‍♂️🤖 A year ago, this event was mostly about finishing. Now the bar is speed, stability, and full-course autonomy. More than 100 teams and 300+ humanoid robots are expected on the line, and nearly 40% of them are entering the autonomous navigation group instead of relying on remote control. The course is not getting easier either. Same 21.0975 km, but with more urban slopes, rolling sections, and park terrain built to expose weak points in control, perception, and endurance. That is what makes this race worth watching. If some of these machines really get close to one hour, the story is no longer “robots can run.” It becomes “humanoids are starting to hold speed, balance, and navigation together over real distance.” And that matters far beyond a race course. This is one of the clearest public tests yet for where humanoid robotics actually stands in hardware, motion control, power systems, and autonomous mobility. Sunday’s headline will be the time. The bigger takeaway will be how much of that pace is still there at kilometer 15, 18, and 21. I want to see who is actually fast, who is truly autonomous, and who can finish without falling apart. That is where the real signal will be.

RoboHub🤖

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🇺🇸 THE BORING COMPANY - NASHVILLE’S NEW HEADLINER The Boring Company’s Nashville deep-dive wasn’t hype - it was a blueprint for a full urban mobility overhaul. Here’s what’s new and serious: •⁠ ⁠New TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) Generations Higher-torque cutterheads. Automated segment placement. Real-time ground scanning. Basically: faster, safer, cheaper tunneling without turning downtown into Swiss cheese. •⁠ ⁠Point-to-Point, Not Dinosaur Subways No fixed lines. No “hope you like transferring twice.” Just origin → destination tunnels like Uber, but underground and on time. Throughput up. Wait times down. Street disruption = 0. •⁠ ⁠Pods, Not Trains 12–16 passenger electric pods ripping through air-managed tunnels with built-in fire safety. This isn’t like a subway - it’s an underground EV freeway. •⁠ ⁠Budgets Politicians Can Say Out Loud No $30B sticker shock. No 20-year excavation saga. No “project paused due to 47 committees.” The real question: Is The Boring Company quietly building the first American transit model in 50 years that other countries might actually copy? My bet: Nashville becomes the demo reel every mayor cites when they realize trains are the past - and tunnels are the upgrade. Source: The Boring Company, Elon Musk, tn .gov
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🇺🇸 THE BORING COMPANY - NASHVILLE’S NEW HEADLINER The Boring Company’s Nashville deep-dive wasn’t hype - it was a blueprint for a full urban mobility overhaul. Here’s what’s new and serious: •⁠ ⁠New TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) Generations Higher-torque cutterheads. Automated segment placement. Real-time ground scanning. Basically: faster, safer, cheaper tunneling without turning downtown into Swiss cheese. •⁠ ⁠Point-to-Point, Not Dinosaur Subways No fixed lines. No “hope you like transferring twice.” Just origin → destination tunnels like Uber, but underground and on time. Throughput up. Wait times down. Street disruption = 0. •⁠ ⁠Pods, Not Trains 12–16 passenger electric pods ripping through air-managed tunnels with built-in fire safety. This isn’t like a subway - it’s an underground EV freeway. •⁠ ⁠Budgets Politicians Can Say Out Loud No $30B sticker shock. No 20-year excavation saga. No “project paused due to 47 committees.” The real question: Is The Boring Company quietly building the first American transit model in 50 years that other countries might actually copy? My bet: Nashville becomes the demo reel every mayor cites when they realize trains are the past - and tunnels are the upgrade. Source: The Boring Company, Elon Musk, tn .gov

Mario Nawfal

42,775 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten

CYBERCAB & THE AUTONOMOUS FUTURE: TESLA’S VISION FOR A WORLD WITHOUT STEERING WHEELS – ELON MUSK ON THE END OF HUMAN DRIVING Cybercab is more than a robotaxi—it’s the physical manifestation of Tesla’s bet that full autonomy will make human-driven cars obsolete. No steering wheel, no pedals, no driver—just summon, ride, and arrive cheaper, safer, and greener than any alternative. With production targeted for in Q2’26, Cybercab paves the way for a transportation revolution where personal car ownership becomes optional and roads become dramatically safer. “The future is autonomous. Once you have unsupervised FSD that’s safer than human drivers, owning a car becomes optional for most people. Cybercab will cost so little per mile that it will be cheaper to use a robotaxi than to own and maintain a vehicle.” This shift changes everything: • Cost collapse — ~$0.20–$0.30 per mile vs. today’s $1+ for rideshares or $0.60–$1.00 for personal car ownership (including depreciation, insurance, fuel/charging, maintenance). • Safety leap — Unsupervised FSD eliminates the ~94% of crashes caused by human error—potentially saving hundreds of thousands of lives annually once scaled. • Abundance of mobility — Fleets of Cybercabs run 24/7 at high utilization, turning idle time into revenue and freeing up parking space for parks, housing, and commerce. • Environmental win — Electric, efficient, and shared—massive reduction in emissions compared to today’s car-centric infrastructure. • New economy — Owners can add their Cybercabs (or future autonomous Teslas) to the network for passive income; cities rethink zoning, traffic, and public transit. Cybercab isn’t the endgame—it’s the beginning of an era where transportation becomes a utility like electricity or internet: always available, incredibly cheap, and far safer than today. From Model S proving EVs could be desirable to Cybercab proving autonomy can be ubiquitous, Tesla is rewriting mobility.
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CYBERCAB & THE AUTONOMOUS FUTURE: TESLA’S VISION FOR A WORLD WITHOUT STEERING WHEELS – ELON MUSK ON THE END OF HUMAN DRIVING Cybercab is more than a robotaxi—it’s the physical manifestation of Tesla’s bet that full autonomy will make human-driven cars obsolete. No steering wheel, no pedals, no driver—just summon, ride, and arrive cheaper, safer, and greener than any alternative. With production targeted for in Q2’26, Cybercab paves the way for a transportation revolution where personal car ownership becomes optional and roads become dramatically safer. “The future is autonomous. Once you have unsupervised FSD that’s safer than human drivers, owning a car becomes optional for most people. Cybercab will cost so little per mile that it will be cheaper to use a robotaxi than to own and maintain a vehicle.” This shift changes everything: • Cost collapse — ~$0.20–$0.30 per mile vs. today’s $1+ for rideshares or $0.60–$1.00 for personal car ownership (including depreciation, insurance, fuel/charging, maintenance). • Safety leap — Unsupervised FSD eliminates the ~94% of crashes caused by human error—potentially saving hundreds of thousands of lives annually once scaled. • Abundance of mobility — Fleets of Cybercabs run 24/7 at high utilization, turning idle time into revenue and freeing up parking space for parks, housing, and commerce. • Environmental win — Electric, efficient, and shared—massive reduction in emissions compared to today’s car-centric infrastructure. • New economy — Owners can add their Cybercabs (or future autonomous Teslas) to the network for passive income; cities rethink zoning, traffic, and public transit. Cybercab isn’t the endgame—it’s the beginning of an era where transportation becomes a utility like electricity or internet: always available, incredibly cheap, and far safer than today. From Model S proving EVs could be desirable to Cybercab proving autonomy can be ubiquitous, Tesla is rewriting mobility.

Tesla Owners Silicon Valley

18,653 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

Bro… it’s 2026 and you’re still driving manually? I just press a button, and I don’t even remember how I got to my destination. If it was legal to do so, I’d be 100% comfortable closing my eyes and taking a nap the entire drive. It’s just the honest truth, I’m not hyping anything. Tesla FSD is really that good now. Tesla FSD has now driven more than 8 billion real world miles, including more than 3 billion city miles. In Tesla’s latest safety data, FSD logged about 1 major collision every 5.3 million miles, which Tesla says is about 7x fewer major collisions than the U.S. average. On top of this, Tesla FSD delivers 7x fewer minor collisions and 5x fewer off-highway collisions than the average. It’s significantly safer than anything out there. This AI system is learning from millions of Teslas out in the real world, not from geofenced areas, like literally anywhere a Tesla can drive. Tesla’s vehicles use 360 degree camera visibility, over-the-air updates, and has a neural net that keeps making the system smarter, safer, and better over time, for all Teslas. The FSD experience is so good now that manually driving already feels like the distant past. And once you’ve lived with what so many Tesla owners get to experience every day, going back to any other car feels almost impossible.
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Bro… it’s 2026 and you’re still driving manually? I just press a button, and I don’t even remember how I got to my destination. If it was legal to do so, I’d be 100% comfortable closing my eyes and taking a nap the entire drive. It’s just the honest truth, I’m not hyping anything. Tesla FSD is really that good now. Tesla FSD has now driven more than 8 billion real world miles, including more than 3 billion city miles. In Tesla’s latest safety data, FSD logged about 1 major collision every 5.3 million miles, which Tesla says is about 7x fewer major collisions than the U.S. average. On top of this, Tesla FSD delivers 7x fewer minor collisions and 5x fewer off-highway collisions than the average. It’s significantly safer than anything out there. This AI system is learning from millions of Teslas out in the real world, not from geofenced areas, like literally anywhere a Tesla can drive. Tesla’s vehicles use 360 degree camera visibility, over-the-air updates, and has a neural net that keeps making the system smarter, safer, and better over time, for all Teslas. The FSD experience is so good now that manually driving already feels like the distant past. And once you’ve lived with what so many Tesla owners get to experience every day, going back to any other car feels almost impossible.

Teslaconomics

16,722 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

🚨NYC Shutting Down Another Traffic Lane – Causing More Gridlock and Making You Pay for It !! 🚨 I’ve been investigating the streets of New York City for a long time. As a NYC driver, I see firsthand how congestion and traffic aren’t just happening by accident—they’re being created by the city’s own bad street designs. And now, they expect us to pay for it with congestion pricing, draining the wallets of middle- and lower-class New Yorkers. Last month alone, the city made over $50 million from congestion pricing—money taken straight from the pockets of hardworking New Yorkers who have no choice but to drive. And instead of fixing the streets, they’re making things even worse. Now, the city is rolling out a new street design that will shut down another traffic lane on Sixth Avenue to make way for a double-wide bike lane. This means fewer lanes for cars, leading to even more gridlock in one of the busiest parts of Manhattan. Sixth Avenue is already packed with delivery trucks, taxis, rideshares, buses, and regular commuters—now the city is making it worse by cutting down road space even further. What do they think is going to happen when they remove a lane of traffic from one of the most congested streets in Midtown? Traffic will back up even more, drivers will be forced to sit in gridlock for longer periods, and emergency vehicles will struggle to get through. This isn't about making the streets better—this is about making it impossible to drive in NYC, forcing people to give up their cars and rely on an already broken public transit system. Meanwhile, bike lanes keep getting expanded while the city ignores the real traffic problems. The reality is, bike lanes aren’t being used nearly as much as the city wants you to believe. Most of the time, they sit empty, while cars and buses are crammed into fewer and fewer lanes. This isn’t about safety—it’s about forcing an anti-car agenda on the people who actually need to drive. And what’s their solution? They want to force you onto the subway—a transit system that’s more dangerous than ever. Over the past few months, we’ve all seen the rise in subway violence—stabbings, robberies, and assaults happening daily. The same politicians who created this mess, like Governor Hochul and the MTA, expect us to just accept it. Instead of making the trains safer, they’re making driving impossible. And let’s talk about the MTA—New York’s never-ending money pit. Billions of dollars pour into the system every year, and yet we never see any real improvements. Trains still break down, stations are filthy, service is unreliable, and crime is out of control. The MTA always claims they need more funding, yet no one ever asks where all the money is actually going. Meanwhile, the people who rely on the subway are stuck dealing with fare hikes, delays, and dangerous conditions. But the damage doesn’t stop there. I’ve been speaking with business owners throughout New York City, and they all tell me the same thing—sales are down since congestion pricing rolled out. With fewer people driving into the city, foot traffic has dropped, and small businesses are suffering. Shops, restaurants, and other local businesses that rely on a steady flow of customers are now seeing empty stores and struggling to stay afloat. Business owners have told me the city just isn’t the same anymore. This isn’t about reducing congestion—it’s about punishing drivers, killing small businesses, and squeezing more money out of the people who can least afford it. New York City is no longer a place for the working class. The politicians and bureaucrats behind this mess don’t care—because they’re not the ones stuck in traffic, struggling to run a business, or riding the subways in fear. We are.
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🚨NYC Shutting Down Another Traffic Lane – Causing More Gridlock and Making You Pay for It !! 🚨 I’ve been investigating the streets of New York City for a long time. As a NYC driver, I see firsthand how congestion and traffic aren’t just happening by accident—they’re being created by the city’s own bad street designs. And now, they expect us to pay for it with congestion pricing, draining the wallets of middle- and lower-class New Yorkers. Last month alone, the city made over $50 million from congestion pricing—money taken straight from the pockets of hardworking New Yorkers who have no choice but to drive. And instead of fixing the streets, they’re making things even worse. Now, the city is rolling out a new street design that will shut down another traffic lane on Sixth Avenue to make way for a double-wide bike lane. This means fewer lanes for cars, leading to even more gridlock in one of the busiest parts of Manhattan. Sixth Avenue is already packed with delivery trucks, taxis, rideshares, buses, and regular commuters—now the city is making it worse by cutting down road space even further. What do they think is going to happen when they remove a lane of traffic from one of the most congested streets in Midtown? Traffic will back up even more, drivers will be forced to sit in gridlock for longer periods, and emergency vehicles will struggle to get through. This isn't about making the streets better—this is about making it impossible to drive in NYC, forcing people to give up their cars and rely on an already broken public transit system. Meanwhile, bike lanes keep getting expanded while the city ignores the real traffic problems. The reality is, bike lanes aren’t being used nearly as much as the city wants you to believe. Most of the time, they sit empty, while cars and buses are crammed into fewer and fewer lanes. This isn’t about safety—it’s about forcing an anti-car agenda on the people who actually need to drive. And what’s their solution? They want to force you onto the subway—a transit system that’s more dangerous than ever. Over the past few months, we’ve all seen the rise in subway violence—stabbings, robberies, and assaults happening daily. The same politicians who created this mess, like Governor Hochul and the MTA, expect us to just accept it. Instead of making the trains safer, they’re making driving impossible. And let’s talk about the MTA—New York’s never-ending money pit. Billions of dollars pour into the system every year, and yet we never see any real improvements. Trains still break down, stations are filthy, service is unreliable, and crime is out of control. The MTA always claims they need more funding, yet no one ever asks where all the money is actually going. Meanwhile, the people who rely on the subway are stuck dealing with fare hikes, delays, and dangerous conditions. But the damage doesn’t stop there. I’ve been speaking with business owners throughout New York City, and they all tell me the same thing—sales are down since congestion pricing rolled out. With fewer people driving into the city, foot traffic has dropped, and small businesses are suffering. Shops, restaurants, and other local businesses that rely on a steady flow of customers are now seeing empty stores and struggling to stay afloat. Business owners have told me the city just isn’t the same anymore. This isn’t about reducing congestion—it’s about punishing drivers, killing small businesses, and squeezing more money out of the people who can least afford it. New York City is no longer a place for the working class. The politicians and bureaucrats behind this mess don’t care—because they’re not the ones stuck in traffic, struggling to run a business, or riding the subways in fear. We are.

Viral News NYC

149,961 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

The Cybercab is aiming to produce 2 million units per year. Let this sink in. Today, Tesla produces about ~1.7 million vehicles per year total, across its entire lineup. And now Tesla is preparing to outproduce that with one single vehicle, a fully autonomous one. This is Elon and Tesla going ALL-IN on autonomy. Production is scheduled to start April 2026 at Giga Texas, with volume ramping throughout the year. And as of early 2026, Cybercab prototypes are already being tested around the U.S. The Tesla Cybercab is built from the ground up for unsupervised autonomy. There is no steering wheel and no pedals, just cameras, AI, and Tesla’s custom inference computers. No lidar and radar like other companies, just pure vision and software. Elon put it best on the Q3 2024 earnings call: “It’s not just a revolutionary vehicle design, but a revolution in vehicle manufacturing that is also coming with the Cybercab.” That quote matters a lot bc that means the entire way a vehicle is manufactured is changing with the Cybercab. Tesla is designing what Elon calls “the machine that builds the machine.” The Cybercab uses Tesla’s unboxed manufacturing process, where major sections are built in parallel instead of one long assembly line. There are fewer parts, less steps & cost, and faster scale. That’s how you make 2 million Cybercabs per year possible. FYI, this is not going to be easy though. Elon has been brutally honest about production for many years: • “Prototypes are easy, production is hard.” • “The extreme difficulty of scaling production of new technology is poorly understood. It’s 1000% to 10,000% harder than making a few prototypes.” • “For cars, it’s maybe 100 times harder to design the manufacturing system than the car itself.” He reinforced this again in January 2026 when talking about Cybercab and Optimus on 𝕏: “Initial production is always very slow and follows an S-curve. The speed of the production ramp is inversely proportional to how many new parts and steps there are. For Cybercab and Optimus, almost everything is new, so the early production rate will be agonizingly slow - but eventually end up being insanely fast.” This is the key thing most people miss about Tesla manufacturing. Early output will be slow by design. Almost everything is new like the vehicle architecture, factory layout, AI hardware, and manufacturing flow. But once it works and clicks, it begins to scale hard. Tesla already proved they can do this. They survived Model 3 production hell. They turned Model Y into the BEST selling car in the world, of any kind. They ramped Cybertruck, which has over 30,000+ unique parts, to meaningful volume. Elon summed it up perfectly in 2024: “Compared to the insane pain of reaching high volume, positive margin production, prototypes are a piece of cake.” That’s why Tesla makes manufacturing look easy bc they already earned the scars from the last vehicle lineups. The Cybercab is aiming to be: 1/ Under $30,000 price 2/ ~$0.20 per mile operating cost 3/ 200+ mile range 4/ Up to 5x utilization vs personal cars 5/ Designed to run nearly nonstop 24/7 This is what you call manufacturing + AI + autonomy converging at scale. The competitors are still showing prototypes and demos, while Tesla is building new production lines, expanding factories, and actually building the product. I remember when Elon told me in the past that one of Tesla’s key advantage long term was going to be manufacturing technology. I get it now.
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The Cybercab is aiming to produce 2 million units per year. Let this sink in. Today, Tesla produces about ~1.7 million vehicles per year total, across its entire lineup. And now Tesla is preparing to outproduce that with one single vehicle, a fully autonomous one. This is Elon and Tesla going ALL-IN on autonomy. Production is scheduled to start April 2026 at Giga Texas, with volume ramping throughout the year. And as of early 2026, Cybercab prototypes are already being tested around the U.S. The Tesla Cybercab is built from the ground up for unsupervised autonomy. There is no steering wheel and no pedals, just cameras, AI, and Tesla’s custom inference computers. No lidar and radar like other companies, just pure vision and software. Elon put it best on the Q3 2024 earnings call: “It’s not just a revolutionary vehicle design, but a revolution in vehicle manufacturing that is also coming with the Cybercab.” That quote matters a lot bc that means the entire way a vehicle is manufactured is changing with the Cybercab. Tesla is designing what Elon calls “the machine that builds the machine.” The Cybercab uses Tesla’s unboxed manufacturing process, where major sections are built in parallel instead of one long assembly line. There are fewer parts, less steps & cost, and faster scale. That’s how you make 2 million Cybercabs per year possible. FYI, this is not going to be easy though. Elon has been brutally honest about production for many years: • “Prototypes are easy, production is hard.” • “The extreme difficulty of scaling production of new technology is poorly understood. It’s 1000% to 10,000% harder than making a few prototypes.” • “For cars, it’s maybe 100 times harder to design the manufacturing system than the car itself.” He reinforced this again in January 2026 when talking about Cybercab and Optimus on 𝕏: “Initial production is always very slow and follows an S-curve. The speed of the production ramp is inversely proportional to how many new parts and steps there are. For Cybercab and Optimus, almost everything is new, so the early production rate will be agonizingly slow - but eventually end up being insanely fast.” This is the key thing most people miss about Tesla manufacturing. Early output will be slow by design. Almost everything is new like the vehicle architecture, factory layout, AI hardware, and manufacturing flow. But once it works and clicks, it begins to scale hard. Tesla already proved they can do this. They survived Model 3 production hell. They turned Model Y into the BEST selling car in the world, of any kind. They ramped Cybertruck, which has over 30,000+ unique parts, to meaningful volume. Elon summed it up perfectly in 2024: “Compared to the insane pain of reaching high volume, positive margin production, prototypes are a piece of cake.” That’s why Tesla makes manufacturing look easy bc they already earned the scars from the last vehicle lineups. The Cybercab is aiming to be: 1/ Under $30,000 price 2/ ~$0.20 per mile operating cost 3/ 200+ mile range 4/ Up to 5x utilization vs personal cars 5/ Designed to run nearly nonstop 24/7 This is what you call manufacturing + AI + autonomy converging at scale. The competitors are still showing prototypes and demos, while Tesla is building new production lines, expanding factories, and actually building the product. I remember when Elon told me in the past that one of Tesla’s key advantage long term was going to be manufacturing technology. I get it now.

Teslaconomics

31,985 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

Tesla’s FSD v14 recently demonstrated what many are calling a "god-tier" breakthrough in autonomous driving, proving that the system is starting to master the nuanced social cues of the road 😎 In a recent real-world scenario, a Tesla navigating normal traffic was approached from behind by a police cruiser with its lights and sirens active. Rather than the stuttering or confusion often seen in earlier iterations of self-driving tech, the system handled the high-pressure situation with the poise of a seasoned chauffeur. 🚨 The AI immediately recognized the urgency of the sirens, prioritizing the emergency vehicle with zero hesitation. 🛣️ It executed a silky-smooth deceleration and pulled over to the roadside, maintaining a perfect distance from the curb. ⏸️ Once stopped, it remained completely still and patient—no "fidgeting" or nervous creeping—while the police car passed. 🔄 The moment the path was clear, it signaled, merged back into the flow of traffic, and continued the journey as if nothing had happened. This specific performance marks a shift from a reactive safety feature to a proactive "thinking" driver. It’s no longer just about staying in the lines; it’s about understanding the complex hierarchy of the road. For anyone still skeptical about the future of autonomy, seeing a machine handle an emergency pull-over more cleanly than many human drivers is a powerful reminder that the gap between assistance and true intelligence is closing fast. It feels less like a suite of sensors and more like a driver that truly understands the "social contract" of driving.
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Tesla’s FSD v14 recently demonstrated what many are calling a "god-tier" breakthrough in autonomous driving, proving that the system is starting to master the nuanced social cues of the road 😎 In a recent real-world scenario, a Tesla navigating normal traffic was approached from behind by a police cruiser with its lights and sirens active. Rather than the stuttering or confusion often seen in earlier iterations of self-driving tech, the system handled the high-pressure situation with the poise of a seasoned chauffeur. 🚨 The AI immediately recognized the urgency of the sirens, prioritizing the emergency vehicle with zero hesitation. 🛣️ It executed a silky-smooth deceleration and pulled over to the roadside, maintaining a perfect distance from the curb. ⏸️ Once stopped, it remained completely still and patient—no "fidgeting" or nervous creeping—while the police car passed. 🔄 The moment the path was clear, it signaled, merged back into the flow of traffic, and continued the journey as if nothing had happened. This specific performance marks a shift from a reactive safety feature to a proactive "thinking" driver. It’s no longer just about staying in the lines; it’s about understanding the complex hierarchy of the road. For anyone still skeptical about the future of autonomy, seeing a machine handle an emergency pull-over more cleanly than many human drivers is a powerful reminder that the gap between assistance and true intelligence is closing fast. It feels less like a suite of sensors and more like a driver that truly understands the "social contract" of driving.

Ming

48,205 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

Many people see Waymo and think they’re ahead of everyone in the autonomous driving race. After all, they’re giving out over 100,000 paid robotaxi rides a week across cities like San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles with a fleet of 700 vehicles, and on the surface, it could seem like they’re dominating. However, each Waymo costs $100,000 due to the complex, expensive hardware that’s in use. And due to this, they’re losing money on every single ride. For Waymo, scaling this business up means higher costs, and I don’t think it’s a sustainable model, even if the company keeps pouring $ into it. Now, look at Tesla. With a fleet closing in on 7 million vehicles worldwide, Tesla is playing a different game. Instead of relying on bulky, expensive hardware, Tesla uses a much simpler, more cost-effective approach, just 8 or 9 cameras and a powerful AI neural net. This AI, constantly learning from millions of real-world miles, means Tesla’s software gets smarter every day and can be scaled across the globe without needing new hardware for every car. So, while Waymo might seem like it’s leading the charge today, in my eyes, Tesla is quietly preparing to take over the entire field. They’ve created the foundation for something far bigger and is why I believe the true leader in Robotaxis will be Tesla, and I can’t wait for everyone to see it unfold on 10/10!
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Many people see Waymo and think they’re ahead of everyone in the autonomous driving race. After all, they’re giving out over 100,000 paid robotaxi rides a week across cities like San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles with a fleet of 700 vehicles, and on the surface, it could seem like they’re dominating. However, each Waymo costs $100,000 due to the complex, expensive hardware that’s in use. And due to this, they’re losing money on every single ride. For Waymo, scaling this business up means higher costs, and I don’t think it’s a sustainable model, even if the company keeps pouring $ into it. Now, look at Tesla. With a fleet closing in on 7 million vehicles worldwide, Tesla is playing a different game. Instead of relying on bulky, expensive hardware, Tesla uses a much simpler, more cost-effective approach, just 8 or 9 cameras and a powerful AI neural net. This AI, constantly learning from millions of real-world miles, means Tesla’s software gets smarter every day and can be scaled across the globe without needing new hardware for every car. So, while Waymo might seem like it’s leading the charge today, in my eyes, Tesla is quietly preparing to take over the entire field. They’ve created the foundation for something far bigger and is why I believe the true leader in Robotaxis will be Tesla, and I can’t wait for everyone to see it unfold on 10/10!

Teslaconomics

473,695 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Join me as I take Gareth Blake Hall (Gareth Blake Hall on X) and a passionate Tesla enthusiast from Australia, for an epic drive around the charming streets of Downtown Los Gatos in my Tesla Cybertruck! This is Gareth's first time experiencing the futuristic Cybertruck up close and personal while he's visiting the US. We're putting Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) version 13.2.9 to the test in a real-world urban setting – navigating traffic, handling turns, and showcasing its impressive autonomy. Watch his genuine reactions as we cruise through this beautiful California town!In this video:Gareth's first impressions of the Cybertruck's unique design, power, and features FSD 13.2.9 in action: Smooth performance on winding roads, intersections, and more Scenic views of Downtown Los Gatos – from quaint shops to bustling spots Insights from Gareth on how this compares to his Tesla Model 3 Performance back home in Australia If you're into Tesla tech, autonomous driving, or just love seeing international visitors geek out over Cybertrucks, smash that like button, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more adventures!
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Join me as I take Gareth Blake Hall (Gareth Blake Hall on X) and a passionate Tesla enthusiast from Australia, for an epic drive around the charming streets of Downtown Los Gatos in my Tesla Cybertruck! This is Gareth's first time experiencing the futuristic Cybertruck up close and personal while he's visiting the US. We're putting Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) version 13.2.9 to the test in a real-world urban setting – navigating traffic, handling turns, and showcasing its impressive autonomy. Watch his genuine reactions as we cruise through this beautiful California town!In this video:Gareth's first impressions of the Cybertruck's unique design, power, and features FSD 13.2.9 in action: Smooth performance on winding roads, intersections, and more Scenic views of Downtown Los Gatos – from quaint shops to bustling spots Insights from Gareth on how this compares to his Tesla Model 3 Performance back home in Australia If you're into Tesla tech, autonomous driving, or just love seeing international visitors geek out over Cybertrucks, smash that like button, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more adventures!

Tesla Owners Silicon Valley

57,400 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten

TESLA FLIPS THE SWITCH ON A MEGAPACK GIANT IN CALIFORNIA Tesla has brought a serious heavyweight online in Kern County, California: a Megapack battery system paired with 500 megawatts of solar generation. That combination puts the project among the largest solar plus storage sites in the United States, and it is now fully operational. At full output, the site can supply enough electricity to cover the annual needs of roughly 467,000 homes. More importantly, it does so when the grid actually needs it most. Power generated during sunny daytime hours is stored and then released in the evening, when demand spikes and solar production drops. That shift alone helps prevent outages and reduces reliance on gas peaker plants. The emissions impact is just as significant. The project is expected to cut more than one million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year, while adding real stability to a grid that has struggled during heat waves and peak demand events. California has quietly become the proving ground for large-scale battery storage, and this site shows why. Energy storage is no longer theoretical or niche. It is operational, reliable, and scalable. Tesla’s Megapack footprint keeps expanding worldwide, and projects like this make the case clearly. Clean energy is not just about generation anymore. It is about control, timing, and resilience. Source: Tesla Megapack
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TESLA FLIPS THE SWITCH ON A MEGAPACK GIANT IN CALIFORNIA Tesla has brought a serious heavyweight online in Kern County, California: a Megapack battery system paired with 500 megawatts of solar generation. That combination puts the project among the largest solar plus storage sites in the United States, and it is now fully operational. At full output, the site can supply enough electricity to cover the annual needs of roughly 467,000 homes. More importantly, it does so when the grid actually needs it most. Power generated during sunny daytime hours is stored and then released in the evening, when demand spikes and solar production drops. That shift alone helps prevent outages and reduces reliance on gas peaker plants. The emissions impact is just as significant. The project is expected to cut more than one million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year, while adding real stability to a grid that has struggled during heat waves and peak demand events. California has quietly become the proving ground for large-scale battery storage, and this site shows why. Energy storage is no longer theoretical or niche. It is operational, reliable, and scalable. Tesla’s Megapack footprint keeps expanding worldwide, and projects like this make the case clearly. Clean energy is not just about generation anymore. It is about control, timing, and resilience. Source: Tesla Megapack

Mario Nawfal

67,663 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

Wow, since the last post blew up, here is another fascinating insight from my years working with car-on-demand companies and more traditional automakers. Most people still think the entire automotive business is about selling or leasing vehicles. But there is a new market emerging that is absolutely massive: data Modern cars are packed with sensors and constantly collect real-time information. And this data is quickly becoming one of the most valuable revenue streams in the industry. Companies like Tesla, with their autonomous, sensor-rich fleets, are positioned to benefit enormously, but the same applies to many newer connected vehicles across all brands. What makes this so powerful is how diverse the use cases are. Cities, for example, can tap into aggregated vehicle data to understand exactly where they need to intervene. If thousands of cars detect the same irregular bump on the road, you instantly know there is a pothole at a precise location. Scale that across a whole city and you have a live map of infrastructure issues before residents even complain. The same data can help optimize traffic flow, identify congestion patterns in real time, or highlight zones where drivers consistently brake or accelerate suddenly, revealing potential safety problems. Automakers can also use this information to better understand how people actually drive in the real world, which directly influences design, durability testing, and product evolution And then there is the insurance angle. As driving behavior becomes measurable at scale, dynamic insurance pricing emerge. Acceleration habits, braking patterns, cornering, speed consistency, environmental context all of this will feed into future scoring models What we are seeing right now is only the beginning. With cars full of electronics, sensors, and especially autonomous vision systems, data is becoming one of the largest and most predictable revenue lines for automakers and mobility companies. Even traditional vehicles are now connected and constantly transmitting information that can be analyzed or monetized in multiple ways We are still just scratching the surface, but the shift is already underway. The value is no longer just in the vehicle itself. It is also in the billions of data points it generates every single day
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Wow, since the last post blew up, here is another fascinating insight from my years working with car-on-demand companies and more traditional automakers. Most people still think the entire automotive business is about selling or leasing vehicles. But there is a new market emerging that is absolutely massive: data Modern cars are packed with sensors and constantly collect real-time information. And this data is quickly becoming one of the most valuable revenue streams in the industry. Companies like Tesla, with their autonomous, sensor-rich fleets, are positioned to benefit enormously, but the same applies to many newer connected vehicles across all brands. What makes this so powerful is how diverse the use cases are. Cities, for example, can tap into aggregated vehicle data to understand exactly where they need to intervene. If thousands of cars detect the same irregular bump on the road, you instantly know there is a pothole at a precise location. Scale that across a whole city and you have a live map of infrastructure issues before residents even complain. The same data can help optimize traffic flow, identify congestion patterns in real time, or highlight zones where drivers consistently brake or accelerate suddenly, revealing potential safety problems. Automakers can also use this information to better understand how people actually drive in the real world, which directly influences design, durability testing, and product evolution And then there is the insurance angle. As driving behavior becomes measurable at scale, dynamic insurance pricing emerge. Acceleration habits, braking patterns, cornering, speed consistency, environmental context all of this will feed into future scoring models What we are seeing right now is only the beginning. With cars full of electronics, sensors, and especially autonomous vision systems, data is becoming one of the largest and most predictable revenue lines for automakers and mobility companies. Even traditional vehicles are now connected and constantly transmitting information that can be analyzed or monetized in multiple ways We are still just scratching the surface, but the shift is already underway. The value is no longer just in the vehicle itself. It is also in the billions of data points it generates every single day

Aurelien

72,062 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

I just press a button… and my Tesla takes me to my destination. No stress, no constant steering, no thinking about every little turn. It just drives me safely there. And honestly, it’s hard to explain this feeling to someone who hasn’t experienced the latest software yet. It’s freakin 2026... If your car isn’t electric and can’t take you from parking lot to parking lot by itself, it's like using a flip phone with a keyboard… or riding a horse in this era. That might sound dramatic, but once you see what’s actually happening behind the scenes, it starts to make sense. When I activate Tesla’s Full Self-Driving, the car is doing far more than simple cruise control that other car companies show off... it's really funny when I see them advertise it tbh. My Tesla is literally watching the world around it with eight cameras that give it a full 360° view. All that video feeds into the onboard AI computer inside the car, which is constantly analyzing everything around it like cars, lanes, pedestrians, traffic lights, construction zones, and making decisions in real time. Tesla has millions of cars on the road, and every single one is helping train the system. Even when people are driving manually, the AI is running quietly in the background predicting what it would do in that situation. And when something unusual happens, a weird intersection, a sudden obstacle, an unexpected move from another driver, that short clip gets sent back to Tesla’s data systems. Engineers then use those clips to train the next version of the driving AI. And that updated AI then gets pushed back to every Tesla through a software update. So literally overnight, your car wakes up smarter. This is what we call the Tesla’s AI flywheel. The more cars on the road, the more data the system learns from. The more it learns, the better the driving gets. The better the driving gets, the more people use it. And that cycle just keeps spinning faster. At this point the fleet has driven billions of miles using FSD, which means the system has already experienced situations that no single human driver could ever see in a lifetime. That’s why when you press that button, the car is running a massive neural network that learned from millions of real drivers and billions of miles on real roads. And the result is something that honestly feels like the future. You literally just press a button… then you arrive at your destination. I really don't know how anyone in their right mind would choose anything other than a Tesla.
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I just press a button… and my Tesla takes me to my destination. No stress, no constant steering, no thinking about every little turn. It just drives me safely there. And honestly, it’s hard to explain this feeling to someone who hasn’t experienced the latest software yet. It’s freakin 2026... If your car isn’t electric and can’t take you from parking lot to parking lot by itself, it's like using a flip phone with a keyboard… or riding a horse in this era. That might sound dramatic, but once you see what’s actually happening behind the scenes, it starts to make sense. When I activate Tesla’s Full Self-Driving, the car is doing far more than simple cruise control that other car companies show off... it's really funny when I see them advertise it tbh. My Tesla is literally watching the world around it with eight cameras that give it a full 360° view. All that video feeds into the onboard AI computer inside the car, which is constantly analyzing everything around it like cars, lanes, pedestrians, traffic lights, construction zones, and making decisions in real time. Tesla has millions of cars on the road, and every single one is helping train the system. Even when people are driving manually, the AI is running quietly in the background predicting what it would do in that situation. And when something unusual happens, a weird intersection, a sudden obstacle, an unexpected move from another driver, that short clip gets sent back to Tesla’s data systems. Engineers then use those clips to train the next version of the driving AI. And that updated AI then gets pushed back to every Tesla through a software update. So literally overnight, your car wakes up smarter. This is what we call the Tesla’s AI flywheel. The more cars on the road, the more data the system learns from. The more it learns, the better the driving gets. The better the driving gets, the more people use it. And that cycle just keeps spinning faster. At this point the fleet has driven billions of miles using FSD, which means the system has already experienced situations that no single human driver could ever see in a lifetime. That’s why when you press that button, the car is running a massive neural network that learned from millions of real drivers and billions of miles on real roads. And the result is something that honestly feels like the future. You literally just press a button… then you arrive at your destination. I really don't know how anyone in their right mind would choose anything other than a Tesla.

Teslaconomics

18,932 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten