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A new @Tesla_Optimus recruitment video just dropped, but don't look for fancy robot stunts. The real story here is the talent hunt for 140+ engineers to solve the "unsolved" challenges of humanoid mass production. We’re seeing the final refinements of Optimus Gen 2.5 before the leap to Gen 3. The target is a 22-degree-of-freedom hand architecture that mirrors human functionality. Optimus’ hands are a key part of Elon Musk’s vision for amazing abundance because they will allow the robot to perform high-level, complicated human tasks. Tesla is already prepping the Model S and Model X floor space at the Fremont Factory to support Optimus’ 1 million-unit-per-year pilot production line. Read the full article on EVwire: evwire.com/p/tesla-optimu…

🇪🇺The Trend Break: Tesla Europe's new vehicle registrations grew 11.8% in February. The data from ACEA is out, and it looks like Tesla's 13-month negative slide has officially halted. Tesla saw 17,664 registrations in February, pulling their year-to-date growth into positive territory (+0.9%) for the first time in over a year. BYD is also now neck-and-neck with Tesla in market share, hitting a 1.8% slice of the European pie after a massive 162% YoY jump. While the Model Y remains a Swedish favorite, the broader market is shifting as BEVs and PHEVs now claim nearly one-third of all new registrations in Europe. For more data on Tesla's European recovery, take a look at the full breakdown on EVwire: evwire.com/p/tesla-europe…

Big changes to announce. I’ve ended my tenure at Teslarati and will be instead joining Jaan (@theevuniverse) at EVwire! 8.3 years. 7,940+ articles, or about 31%, of Teslarati’s entire 25,000-ish archive. Trained several writers, including Joey, who is now Senior Reporter. That’s not bad for my time with the company, I guess. But now, I’m excited to help scale EVwire. I’ve never been in this position before, but I’m absolutely pumped AF. Super grateful for Jaan for believing in my ideas for Tesla news (thanks for the brainstorming sessions!). Can’t wait to see how far we can take EVwire in the years to come! ⚡️👊⚡️

POV of Simon when he walked into EVwire the office today:

@TheEVuniverse @ResidentSponge POV of Simon when he walked in:

Proud to introduce my first full-time team member. Steve Jobs taught me to relentlessly pursue hiring only A-players. And I do. Meet Simon (@ResidentSponge). You've seen his work: > main writer of Teslarati for the past 8 years > now writes Tesla & EV news daily at EVwire .com

@TheEVuniverse IF Rivian can prove robotaxi-capable R2 by then...

NEWS: Uber is investing up to $1.25B in Rivian to deploy up to 50,000 R2 robotaxis. Just another robotaxi bet for Uber... but a big fleet client for Rivian. Initially 10,000 Rivian R2 robotaxis, starting in SF and Miami in 2028. More context: evwire.com/p/uber-invests…

Elon Musk confirms Tesla next-gen Roadster unveiling is moved to late April evwire.com/p/elon-musk-te…

I hired my first full-time employee today. I'm a solo founder, 5 years in, and this is a huge milestone for me. I never see this celebrated here on X - only the huge funding rounds or $ MRR growth posts. A human. Working with me, on the same mission now. Such a big deal.

@elonmusk How does that Digital Optimus *deployed* at the Superchargers look like? Haven't noticed an added block anywhere on site yet

Oh and it works in all AI4-equipped cars, so your car can do office work for you when not driving. We’re also deploying millions of dedicated Digital Optimus units in the field at Superchargers where we have ~7 gigawatts of available power.

Macrohard or Digital Optimus is a joint xAI-Tesla project, coming as part of Tesla’s investment agreement with xAI. Grok is the master conductor/navigator with deep understanding of the world to direct digital Optimus, which is processing and actioning the past 5 secs of real-time computer screen video and keyboard/mouse actions. Grok is like a much more advanced and sophisticated version of turn-by-turn navigation software. You can think of it as Digital Optimus AI being System 1 (instinctive part of the mind) and Grok being System 2. (thinking part of the mind). This will run very competitively on the super low cost Tesla AI4 ($650) paired with relatively frugal use of the much more expensive xAI Nvidia hardware. And it will be the only real-time smart AI system. This is a big deal. In principle, it is capable of emulating the function of entire companies. That is why the program is called MACROHARD, a funny reference to Microsoft. No other company can yet do this.

Announcing: Robotaxi Report, a newsletter focused only on the robotaxi industry. This week alone, almost 1,000,000 paid robotaxi rides were taken globally. I decided it's time to keep you up to date on the research I'm doing in this industry. Get it: evwire.com/robotaxi 📩

@TheEVuniverse 🦾 great time to witness the scaling up part

We recently partnered with Tesla to pilot the long-range Tesla Semi across the U.S. West Coast — another milestone in our journey toward lower-carbon transport solutions. Read the case study for more details: brnw.ch/21x0EqP

Leaderboard: Which countries in Europe have the cheapest EV fast charging? It took me months, but I managed to analyze prices of thousands of charging networks across 29 European countries. See the full report I made with & for Eleport: eleport.com/price-report

@TheEVuniverse I love that all the third-party sites come up with their own design on the Supercharger canvas!

NEWS: Alpharetta becomes the first city in the world to buy Tesla Superchargers: Four 325kW deployed at a police department. These city-branded chargers charge the two Model Ys in the police fleet and are also public ($0.35/kWh). See the video on site: evwire.com/p/alpharetta-c….

@TheEVuniverse that double-trailer pulled by an e-truck 😍

I charged e-trucks with MCS in Sweden I explored Windrose e-trucks and business in Belgium I rode a Tesla on Supervised FSD in Spain I gathered world's EV sales data I researched Canada's sudden EV shift ...and more. All in today's newsletter: evwire.com/p/evwire-newsl… 📩