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Politics are propaganda. Propaganda is adjectives. Really really notice how adjectives are used

@DirtyTesLa 🤣🤣🤣 Surely you jest!

Maybe 14.3 will have banish

@Gfilche @Uber @Rivian Yep. The more info I see on the R2 it’s been designed quite well. So Kudos! Sadly the Rivian self driving isn’t close to @Tesla so yeah I wouldn’t put any stock in it until they can compete with Tesla. Till then it’s an option not worth paying for Right Devin?

This is why the @uber + @rivian Robotaxi announcement today is pure fluff Rivian is woefully behind in self driving tech The R2 is a great car by a lot of standards but if it can’t drive itself soon, it will be irrelevant and only adopted by the anti-tech crowd

@JoshWest247 Like the OG Movie Running Man “Seeing is believing” I’m skeptical they can catch up

RoboRivian incoming…

@pbeisel I’d be rich if I had a $ for every time I thought that script to automate that process shouldn’t take me more than a day. A few weeks later I encounter something I didn’t anticipate and have to find a different way/method to solve the problem. I totally get timelines slipping

Elon says FSD 14.3 is coming. But if you’ve been following along, it was also “two weeks away” a few months ago. That’s drawn a lot of criticism, understandably. Let’s step back and talk about what’s actually going on: engineering reality. I’ve spent years running engineering teams at Apple and Rivian, and what you’re seeing here is not unusual. Not even a little. I’m not here to defend Elon or say communication couldn’t be better. It could. But what’s happening behind the scenes is far more ordinary than people think. First, understand what kind of company Tesla is. Tesla exposes more of its internal process than most companies— you’re watching how the sausage is made, often in real time. Compare that to Apple. Products appear at a moment in time, fully formed. What you don’t see are the features that slipped, were cut, or quietly postponed to make the deadline. Most companies communicate through layers of marketing at discrete events (e.g., NVIDIA GTC). That may include a CEO keynote—but it’s still tightly controlled. Tesla, largely via Elon, doesn’t. And that creates friction. Most people are used to being in the dining room. With Tesla, you’re watching the sausage get made whether you like it or not. If that makes you uncomfortable, this model will drive you crazy no matter how it’s explained. Now, about FSD 14.3— the so-called “reasoning” release. My view: when Elon originally referenced it, it was real. It was on a roadmap with a timeline. But then reality hit. Somewhere along the way, engineering discussions likely exposed a fork: ship what’s partially there, or go deeper and "do it right". That kind of shift happens constantly. Plans change. Timelines slip. This is normal engineering behavior, not dysfunction. The difference is: you’re seeing it. At companies like Apple, those decisions are invisible. Deadlines are protected by cutting scope. At Tesla, you’re watching the scope evolve in real time. On the technical side, 14.1 and 14.2 were already producing “reasoning tokens,” as Ashok (Tesla AI VP) noted. But producing tokens isn’t the same as using them effectively. 14.3 appears to be where those tokens actually start driving behavior, more human-like decision-making in edge cases. My guess is this is where things got more complicated. The work likely started to overlap with what xAI is doing. At that point, the question becomes: do you ship an interim solution, or integrate a more capable reasoning layer? That’s not a small decision. And it likely has downstream impact— potentially even on Robotaxi timelines— because these same reasoning challenges show up there too. So the team probably made a call: go deeper, even if it costs time. And here’s the part people underestimate: great engineering teams often convince themselves the extra work is worth it… and that it won’t take that much longer. They’re usually wrong on the timeline. But often right on the outcome. At this stage, FSD isn’t about raw safety (it seems to have nailed that)— it’s about behavior. Making decisions feel natural, human, predictable in edge cases. That’s a much harder problem. So if you’re following Tesla closely, the best thing you can do is understand the process and accept the messiness that comes with it. If you want tightly controlled messaging and polished delivery, companies like Apple exist for that. Tesla is something else entirely. Fire away.

@LinkN01 It’s not the cost of the cable it’s the cost of laying it and all the other gear required long range SFP’s Repeaters switches & routers etc. @Starlink avoids a lot of this cost. Not sure how the ground like is managed which is why I say a lot but not all

It's pretty interesting how my fiber connection can be more expensive than a Starlink subscription. How can sending thousands of satellites into space be cheaper than a 20 year old cable in the ground?

@AndyZeGerman Good feedback!

I will get a ton of blowback for what I am about to say, but here goes. I have let people use FSD on all of my Teslas since I first got it. Over all the years I have seen the same issue over and over again. When they are unfamiliar, they did not notice when it disengaged. The sound of disengagement is not very loud and can easily be missed, when inexperienced. I am not saying that Tesla was at fault, but it would be nice to have a default setting and clear voice and visual announcement, that FSD has been disengaged. Have said so in my live streams as well. Then there could be an advanced setting where you turn that "off" to basically what it is right now. It can be missed for beginners, as some touch the wheel or tap the brakes, not knowing that they actually disengaged. Again, I said what I said, but if you disagree, I ask you to let some none Tesla drivers drive your car.

@ryanjaycowan I found your review to be the best because you have kids and that’s the main use case for the Y-L. The suspension info was a good nugget. Saw other folks demonstrate the flat back and didn’t flip the rear lid. I chuckled Great job!

"Oh that sounds nice" ... wait, that's me !! 🤣 First time I've been 'trending' on X, thanks for the love everyone.

@DillonLoomis Promises promises…. I’m skeptical as we’ve heard the promise of a new magical release that will be next level before. While things do improve time has shown it’s taken a lot of magical releases v12 v13 v14. Will this be the one? We’ll see I wanna believe!

14.3. In testing as expected Wide release in a few weeks The last big piece of the puzzle Let's go $TSLA

@GrahamStephan Glad you saw the light and left the state. I was born in CA. I’ve live happily in the South. AL and now GA. Spent my middle school years in IL. The south is currently way way better than CA & IL

$15,000,000 In Labor $5,000,000 For Materials $80,000,000 To Friends / Family... /s

@cybrtrkguy @cybertruck Only possible exception I can think of is the EV Hummer. That pack might get close to gas but I doubt it

@cybrtrkguy Technically don’t all gas cars use more energy than a @cybertruck ? Isn’t like 70% of the energy in gas combustion wasted/not captured? I think I saw a stat that said my Y’s battery has the equivalent energy of 4 gallons of gas

Cybertruck uses less energy per mile than a Toyota Prius Let that sink in.

@MaryBowdenMD @EricLDaugh @ltdxsp Seeing how “MAGA” is not definable they can say whatever they want. Something more factual is registered Republicans approval MAGA is a subjective term like far left, far right, or independent. As a woman of “Science” I’m sure you agree

@EricLDaugh @ltdxsp If it sounds like propaganda, it probably is propaganda. Learned this during Covid.

🚨 BREAKING: In a STUNNING moment, CNN was just forced to report that Donald Trump has 100% MAGA APPROVAL 100%. WOW 🔥 The kicker? The share of voters who call themselves "MAGA" is the *SAME* as when he won in 2024! "You don't have to be a GENIUS to know you can't go higher than 100%!" "Some Republicans disapprove...but they are NOT members of the MAGA movement." Q: But are people leaving MAGA? CNN: "In November 2024, 28% were MAGA. It's basically the SAME, 30%!" "The MAGA base is NOT SHRINKING — it's the SAME SIZE! If anything, it's slightly larger!" "That 100% that Trump has among MAGA GOP, is NOT an artifact of MAGA shrinking. It's just how strong Trump's grip is on the MAGA base!"

@MaryBowdenMD look into @Tesla’s crash rating. They’re the safest cars. They overtook Volvo a while ago. Also get an FSD demo ride. The car does ~99% of the driving with FSD. If you’re buying used make sure to get a FSD HW4 car which is the latest FSD hardware

@MaryBowdenMD @slocumfortexas @Tesla FSD stands for Full Self Driving. It’s a paid option that’s much more capable than Autopilot. It can pretty much drive the car point to point. Autopilot only works with lane markings so won’t work in most subdivisions. Also it won’t change lanes or turn FSD will

@KeethBrown @slocumfortexas @Tesla What is FSD?

I just paid ~ $120 to fill up my tank on the F250 $4.99/gallon in Houston

@yunta_tsai Doing my taxes are more interesting than a bunch of professional liars (acting is pretending something that isn’t real is real which is lying) give political speeches when they accept their award Haven’t watched for years

AI videos are officially more interesting than the Oscars.

@MaryBowdenMD @slocumfortexas @Tesla Got a Model Y Performance on 12/26/2020 w/FSD it’s the best car I’ve owned. You really should test drive one. They’re great cars & FSD really puts the icing on the cake

@slocumfortexas I’m shopping for a @Tesla tomorrow!

@SenFettermanPA Problem is non-citizens get photo ID They can just sign a form that says they’re a citizen and show the photo ID and presto they can vote! We need a different system where citizenship is diligently verified & scrutinized as well as photo ID

83% of Americans agree on voter ID. 71% of Democrats agree on voter ID. Keep it basic: PHOTO ID to vote. Stop turning this into a Christmas list and attacking vote-by-mail. If GOP wants real reform over a show vote––put out a clean, standalone bill and I’m AYE.

@mikepat711 This is how it goes. The folks that say they’re releasing every week! Yeah they do that on occasion but mostly it’s long waits between releases I’m rooting for them! Been using FSD since v8 so I’ve seen the actual cadence

14.3 must’ve been one reckless motherfucker 😂

@TeslaAaronL Can tell they weren’t using FSD. By the looks of the plates that’s a country where it isn’t available

Close call on the highway! Two Teslas almost smashed into each other at high speed. Safety features FTW?

@NickGibbsIAG Jealous! Depends on how much the final price tag is if I try and get one. Will have to pay for it with my options profits though as I don’t a have $200K car money job 😁

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